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33-Year-Old Man Arrested for Allegedly Murdering Montreal Woman During Video Call
Police say the suspect is expected to face first-degree murder charges as investigators review surveillance footage and the case is not tied to intimate-partner violence.
- Montreal police arrested 33-year-old Youcef Moussaoui on Thursday in connection with the killing of 45-year-old Leïla Ben Salem, who was attacked while on a Zoom call last month.
- Responding to a 3:25 p.m. wellness check on Sept. 22, officers discovered Ben Salem unresponsive inside her downtown apartment on René-Lévesque Boulevard near St-Christophe Street.
- Moussaoui, who was wanted on an arrest warrant, was apprehended in the Ville-Marie borough and is scheduled to appear at the Montreal courthouse Friday to face a first-degree murder charge.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney told the House of Commons that Ben Salem was a valued Canada Revenue Agency employee dedicated to serving Canadians at the moment she was killed.
- The SPVM confirmed the killing was not related to intimate partner violence, marking the 19th homicide of the year in Montreal as evidence gathered during investigation will be made public during court proceedings.
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A case of money could be at the root of the brutal murder of Leïla Ben Salem, this Montrealer violently murdered in her apartment last September, while she was in the middle of video conference work, learned La Presse. A financial dispute would be one of the main motives studied by the investigators.
·Montreal, Canada
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The SPVM arrested a man suspected of the first degree murder of a federal public servant in a Montreal apartment on September 22.
·Montreal, Canada
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Man arrested over slaying of Montreal federal worker who allegedly died during conference call
Montreal police have arrested a 33-year-old man in the first-degree murder of Leïla Ben Salem, a Canada Revenue Agency employee whose death drew condolences from Prime Minister Mark Carney.
·Montreal, Canada
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