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August 5, 2005

Aupaluk man murdered on camping trip

One man was shot dead and a young woman stabbed repeatedly in two separate incidents last weekend in Nunavik.

Simeonie Igiyuk, 44, of Aupaluk was declared dead shortly after 10 p.m on Friday night.

Igiyuk, his common-law wife and two children, aged 12 and two, were traveling from Kuujjuaq to Aupaluk by freighter canoe when they stopped at a camp located between the two Ungava Bay communities.

Police say an argument broke out over some cans of beer and a man was shot dead with a rifle.

Passers-by alerted the Kativik Regional Government about the shooting and within an hour, two officers, a doctor and a nurse arrived on site.

Igiyuk was declared dead at the scene.

Lydia Oovaut, 34, also a resident of Aupaluk, was charged earlier this week with second-degree murder in connection with the incident. She remains in detention in Amos.

In another incident this weekend, a young woman in Akulivik was stabbed 12 times. She is expected to recover. A male family member under the age of 18 was taken into custody.

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