Police have arrested and charged a 21-year-old man in connection with a stabbing in the city’s east end.

Around 4:30am Wednesday, officers were called to a home on Victoria Park Ave. north of Ellesmere Rd. where they found 61-year-old Hans Meier with life-threatening stab wounds to the abdomen. The Toronto man was rushed to hospital, but later died.

Kyle Laybolt, also of Toronto, has been charged with first degree murder in the case and will appear in court on Thursday morning.

Anyone with information should call police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).