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Calgary Transit officer stabbed in arm near CTrain station

CALGARY — A man has been arrested after a stabbing at a Calgary light-rail station that police say injured a transit peace officer.
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A Calgary Police Service patch is seen on an officer in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

CALGARY — A man has been arrested after a stabbing at a Calgary light-rail station that police say injured a transit peace officer.

The Calgary Police Service says it's believed two peace officers approached an unknown man who was seen drinking alcohol in a bus shelter near the Chinook CTrain Station on Friday night.

Police allege the man became combative and produced a knife, and after a brief struggle, one of the peace officers was stabbed in the arm.

The suspect fled, police say, but was taken into custody by the peace officers a short distance away.

The 42-year-old from Calgary has been charged with assaulting a peace officer causing bodily harm, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon and failing to comply with a release order.

The peace officer was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and has since been released.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 20, 2024.

The Canadian Press