Suspect wanted in connection with fatal Toronto stabbing arrested: police
Police have arrested and charged the suspect wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old man in the city's east end last week.
Anthony Steven Oliveira, 24, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree murder, police say.
Officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service located and arrested Oliveira near Falls Ave. and Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls on Sunday.
The stabbing occurred behind a plaza near Hillingdon and Danforth Avenues, east of Coxwell Avenue, on June 17 around 11 p.m.
Officers found the victim, Ashkan Pournasir-Roudbane, suffering from multiple stab wounds after an alleged altercation between two men.
He was rushed to hospital, where he died shortly after.
Pournasir-Roudbane was Toronto's 16th homicide victim of 2025.
Oliveira has a history of violence and was also wanted by Durham police in connection with an alleged attempted stabbing in Oshawa on June 1.
He was scheduled to appear in court Sunday afternoon.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
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