Police in New Brunswick are investigating the death of an inmate at the Atlantic Institution prison as a homicide.
RCMP said in a release that officers received a report on Thursday evening about an assault at the facility in Renous, N.B., which is about 145 kilometres northeast of Fredericton.
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The Saturday release says officers arrived at the prison to find a 49-year-old male inmate badly injured in his cell.
The man was taken to hospital, where he later died.
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The Mounties say an autopsy was scheduled to determine his cause of death.
RCMP say the man’s death is being investigated as a homicide by the force’s major crimes unit.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 8, 2022.
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