Man arrested in death of Elisabeth Salm

Salm was attacked inside Laurier Avenue room on Thursday and died the next day

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Caption: Elisabeth Salm, 59, was found assaulted in the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Ottawa on Thursday afternoon, and died in hospital Friday. (Facebook)

Ottawa police say they've arrested a man in connection with the killing of a 59-year-old woman last week inside a reading room operated by the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Elisabeth Salm was the victim of a vicious Thursday afternoon assault inside the reading room at 141C Laurier Ave. W, where she worked most days.
She died in hospital Friday.
On Sunday afternoon police said they had taken a man into custody and that he was expected to appear in court on Monday.
His name has not been released. Investigators say the man was previously known to them, and that he is expected to be charged with first-degree murder.

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Caption: Police tape blocks off the Christian Science Reading Room on Laurier Avenue in Ottawa the day after a violent assault. (Claudine Richard/Radio-Canada)