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The Montreal police investigated 32 homicides this year. The figure represents an increase over the record low numbers witnessed over the previous two years (23 in 2016 and 24 in 2017) and a slight increase over the annual average number reported over the past decade.

And while the number of such violent deaths rose in Montreal this year, the increase is not nearly as significant as was witnessed in Toronto. As of Dec. 28, there were 96 homicides reported in Toronto in 2018, a record for that city and a dramatic increase above the average number of homicides reported annually over the previous decade — 61.

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The following is a list of the homicides investigated in Montreal this year. According to the Montreal police, charges have been filed in 17 of the cases.

1. Jan. 28: Yun Yu, 61

Police responding to a 911 call that came from an apartment on Guy Bouchard Blvd., near the corner of Marie Rollet St., found Yu lying on the ground outside the residence and bleeding badly from at least one stab wound. Yu’s daughter, Meng Ye, 34, was arrested at the scene and was charged with first-degree murder. Yu does not have a criminal record in Quebec, but her neighbours told reporters that police and ambulances had been called to the home several times in the weeks leading up to the homicide.