Man arrested, charged with first degree murder in east end stabbing
A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in a fatal stabbing in Toronto's east end that happened last week, police say.
Niagara Regional Police located Anthony Steven Oliveira in the area of Falls Avenue and Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls on Sunday, Toronto police said in a news release on Sunday.
Oliveira was scheduled to appear in a Toronto courtroom on Sunday afternoon, the news release said.
The stabbing happened in a plaza in the area of Danforth and Coxwell avenues last Tuesday. Police had been called to the area at about 11 p.m.
Police previously said the accused and victim, 35-year-old Ashkan Pournasir-Roudbane, had an interaction but not an altercation before the stabbing.
Pournasir-Roudbane was sitting down when attacked and was stabbed several times, police said.
Pournasir-Roudbane, who lived in the area, was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He is the city's 16th homicide victim of the year.
Following the stabbing, police said a male suspect was seen running from the area wearing dark clothing.
According to Durham Regional Police, the suspect was also wanted in connection with an assault that happened earlier this month in Oshawa.
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