Man stabbed to death in northern Manitoba, suspect charged with murder

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A 27-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in northern Manitoba.

An RCMP patch is seen on the shoulder of an assistant commissioner, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 28, 2023.
RCMP have charged a 27-year-old man for the fatal stabbing of another man in Pukatawagan. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

A 27-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in northern Manitoba.

RCMP were called around 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday to a residence in Pukatawagan, a community about 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.

When they got there, they were told the injured man, 42, had been taken to the nursing station. He died shortly after arriving there, RCMP said.

Sky Colomb, 27, has been arrested and charged.

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