Two men arrested in summer park stabbing case in downtown Montreal

A Montreal police (SPVM) car. (Daniel J. Rowe, CTV News)

Two men have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in a Montreal park in the summer.

Montreal Police (SPVM) reported that a man, 55, was attacked with a knife on the night of Aug. 25 in Paix Park on Saint-Laurent Boulevard just north of Rene-Levesque Boulevard.

He had to be hospitalized for several weeks.

“He was walking in the company of an unknown man, while he was talking to other people, two suspects appeared on the scene,” the SPVM said. “An altercation then broke out between the unknown man and the first suspect. The victim and the second suspect then moved towards the scene of the altercation. Moments later, the first suspect allegedly pushed the victim to the ground and hit him. The second suspect then attacked her with a knife, inflicting multiple injuries.”

The first suspect, a 24-year-old man, was arrested on Jan. 18, and the second, a 25-year-old man, on Jan. 22. Both appeared in the Montreal courthouse and face attempted murder and aggravated assault charges.

Police say officers seized evidence in their homes that led to the arrest.

They remain in custody.