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Police banged on Mike Carruthers’ door Tuesday night looking for someone who had been stabbed. Knowing his neighbours have frequently been at the centre of trouble, he sent the officers next door, where they found a woman who had been seriously assaulted.

Ambulances and police cruisers converged on his Forest Lawn home as officers taped off the scene. Paramedics led a patient away on a stretcher while conducting CPR, Carruthers said.

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“There’s been problems there before, but never that extreme,” he said.

The Calgary Police Service homicide unit is now investigating the woman’s suspicious death at the four-unit apartment building.

Officers were called around 11 p.m. for reports of a woman in medical distress in the 1800 block of 42nd Street S.E.

EMS said the woman in her 30s was taken to hospital in serious condition with “wounds of a traumatic nature,” but later died. Her name has not been released.

Officers circulated the area and took three people into custody for questioning. One of them, a male described by police as a member of the victim’s “extended family,” is now facing murder-related charges, although investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the attack.

An autopsy took place Wednesday.