{"id":827442,"date":"2026-07-26T16:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827442\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:07:09","slug":"woman-injured-in-armed-assault-in-downtown-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827442\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman injured in armed assault in downtown Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was injured following an armed assault that occurred Saturday afternoon in the Ville-Marie borough.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were notified around 4:45 p.m. and responded to De Bleury Street, near De la Concorde Street.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving at the scene, police found a 26-year-old woman with injuries to her upper body.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was quickly transported to a hospital, where her condition was initially considered life-threatening, reported Johany Charland, spokesperson for the Montreal police (SPVM), late Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>She is now in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to initial reports, the suspect allegedly injured the victim in the upper body with what may have been a sharp object, for a reason that remains unknown,\u201d said Johany Charland.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect reportedly fled before police arrived, Charland said.<\/p>\n<p>A perimeter has been established to protect evidence, and investigators will visit the scene to better understand the circumstances of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Charland added that no arrests have been made at this time and that the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was injured following an armed assault that occurred Saturday afternoon in the Ville-Marie borough. Authorities were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-827442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}