Man charged in stabbing death of Abdullah Al-Tutunji

A 20-year-old man has beencharged with second-degree murder after a Carleton University student was stabbed to death during a fight that began at a McDonald's early Sunday morning.

JordenLarocque-Laplanteis accused of killingAbdullah Al-Tutunjinear theMcDonald's on Meadowlands Drive E., Ottawa police said Monday. He appeared in court Monday morning, police said.

Al-Tutunji was studying environmental engineering, according to his Facebook page. His deathwas the city's22ndhomicide of the year more than triple the number of homicides last year.

Ottawa police Insp. Glenn Wassonsaid a fight involving two or three men spilled out into the parking lot in the plaza at Meadowlands and Prince of Wales drives around 2:45 a.m.

A second man Larocque-Laplante was taken to hospital with minor injuries andlater released into police custody.

Al-Tutunji was unconscious with multiple stab wounds when paramedics arrived.

He was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition but later died of his injuries.

It was the city's second homicidein less than 12 hours.

On Saturday afternoon, a manwas killed in a shooting in an apartment onMcLeod Streetin Centretown. There have been no arrests so far in relation to the shooting.

Ottawa police chief Charles Bordeleau tweeted Sunday morning that there have been "too many lives lost this year." The number is a significant increase over theseven homicides in 2015 and 2014, and nine homicides in 2013.