A 40-year-old Sikh lady has been killed at her residence in Canada and her husband arrested as a suspect, in response to Canadian police.

Harpreet Kaur was stabbed a number of instances at her residence in Surrey, British Columbia on Wednesday evening in Surrey, CBC information reported on Friday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) mentioned that they have been known as to a residence within the Newton space shortly earlier than 9:30 pm on Wednesday for experiences of a stabbing.

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When the officers arrived, they discovered a girl with life-threatening accidents who was rushed to the hospital the place she died of her accidents, the report mentioned.

Sgt. Timothy Pierotti of the Built-in Murder Investigation Staff (IHIT) is investigating the murder together with the Surrey RCMP critical crime unit.

Kaur’s husband, additionally 40, was arrested as a suspect on the scene of the stabbing however has since been launched, the report mentioned.

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Police have appealed to anybody who has details about Kaur or her demise to return ahead and assist investigators collect sufficient info to safe expenses.

“Our investigators have been working continuous,” Pierotti mentioned.

“These incidents have a big impression, not solely on the household and associates of the sufferer however the whole group. Surrey RCMP’s sufferer companies have been engaged and can be found to anybody in want of help”, he was quoted as saying.

The incident comes simply days after 21-year-old Pawanpreet Kaur, one other Canadian-Sikh lady, was shot lifeless outdoors a gasoline station in Mississauga on December 3.

Final month, an Indian-origin teenager Mehakpreet Sethi was stabbed to demise by one other teenager in a highschool parking zone in Canada’s British Columbia province.