RCMP investigating homicide after man found dead on road in northern Manitoba

RCMP are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead on the road near Cormorant, Man.early Monday morning.

Mounties were called to the community, which is about 540 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, at 2:45 a.m. for a report of an injured man in the road.

Emergency Medical Services pronounced the 26-year-old dead at the scene.

Opaskwayak RCMP are investigating the death as a homicide with the major crimes unit and the forensic investigation unit.

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