Calgary police are investigating after a woman was stabbed in the neck near a downtown Calgary Light Rail Transit (LRT) station, closing the Ctrain temporarily, just days after the city’s mayor held a press conference to announce progress in addressing transit security concerns.
According to police, the stabbing occurred downtown at approximately 6:30 a.m. on June 13 at the 8th Street S.W. Station. Police told CTV News the victim, in her 30s, had called 911 saying she had been stabbed.
She was transported to Foothills Medical Centre in serious but stable condition, with police stating she had two stab wounds to her neck. Police believe she was stabbed in Century Gardens, then boarded an eastbound Ctrain. Paramedics provided care to the woman when it was stopped at the Third Street S.W. Station….