A 22-year-old Indian student was stabbed to death during an altercation in Canada's Ontario province, the police said, arresting and charging the victim's housemate with second-degree murder in connection with the case.
Gurasis Singh, a first-year business management student at Lambton College, was stabbed on Sunday in Sarnia, police said in a statement.
The police received an emergency call for a report of a stabbing at 194 Queen Street, where Singh and the 36-year-old accused Crossley Hunter were residents of a rooming house.
They found Singh's dead body and took Hunter into custody.
Police said in a later statement that Singh and Hunter were engaged in a physical altercation inside the kitchen, where the latter gained access to a knife and stabbed Singh several times, killing him.
Police stated that they did not think the crime was race-motivated "at this time".
Sarnia Police Chief Derek Davis said despite the arrest, the "complex investigation" is still active.
"The Sarnia Police Criminal Investigations Division continues to collect all available evidence to determine the circumstances surrounding this criminal act and what, if any, motive may have existed that led to the murder of this young man," the statement quoted him.
Davis added that the police, with Lambton College, "will continue our efforts to support Gurasis' family and friends as they seek to navigate these tragic circumstances."
The college also issued a statement condoling Singh's death.
"Students are at the heart of Lambton College, and the loss of a student is a tragedy of the highest magnitude. We extend our deepest condolences to Gurasis’s family, loved ones, and friends," it said.
"Many of our employees knew Gurasis from teaching him or providing student services. Many more have volunteered to assist in support of his friends and classmates, who are struggling with grief," it added.
In the meantime, Hunter was brought before a Justice of the Peace via video and was remanded into custody. He is set to reappear later today.
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