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The son-in-law of a Calgary woman is in shock after a random attack on Friday evening sent a grandmother of two to hospital with multiple stab wounds.

Officers were called to the 1700 block of 16 Avenue N.W. for reports of a stabbing around 5 p.m. Friday.

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When emergency crews arrived they found a woman suffering from stab wounds, and a spokesperson with Calgary EMS said the female victim was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre in serious condition.

Dan Daley said his mother-in-law Judy Dejong was the stabbing victim.

He said Dejong was walking to North Hill Mall from her nearby home, just a few blocks away from the shopping centre, when a “guy ran up, stabbed her and ran away.”

He said his mother-in-law, who is in her mid-60s, was becoming increasingly concerned about crime in the neighbourhood before the incident.

“She’s in the hospital and now is scared to go home,” Daley told Postmedia. “This is just crazy.”