Ottawa: A Sikh teenager woman was found dead inside a walk-in oven of a bakery in Canada's Halifax city, police said.
The police is trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased. She was employed at the store.
Investigation on
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Police has said that investigation has not yet reached a point where the cause and manner of death have been confirmed.
Officers were called to the store on Mumford Road at around 9:30 pm on Saturday, where they found the woman dead, The Globe and Mail newspaper reported, citing the police.
Victim was from India
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Balbir Singh, the secretary of the Maritime Sikh Society, said the society has been in touch with the mother of the 19-year-old victim and learned that the woman and her mother are originally from India, according to the newspaper.
Walk-in Oven
Her body was found in a walk-in oven, police said. Such large ovens, also known as cabinet or batch ovens, are often found in large-volume bakeries in places such as supermarkets and big-box stores.