Youth charged with murder after fatal North York stabbing

Published Sep 28, 2023 • 1 minute read

Joyous Magdirila, 23, of Toronto was stabbed to death on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, near Finch Station in North York. Photo by HANDOUT /TORONTO POLICE

A youth was arrested and charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death last weekend in North York.

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Officers responded on Sunday at about 9:55 p.m. to a call about a stabbing in the Yonge St.-Hendon Ave. area, near the TTC’s Finch Station, Toronto Police said late Thursday night in a news release. A man was found lying in the southbound curb lane on Yonge before being transported a hospital, where he died of his injuries.

The victim was identified on Monday as Joyous Magdirila, 23, of Toronto.

Police said on Thursday that a youth, whose age was not released, was charged with second-degree murder. They cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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