‘Imminent Threat’: Woman Charged After Female Hostage Stabbed in Alberta Law Office

‘Imminent Threat’: Woman Charged After Female Hostage Stabbed in Alberta Law Office
Lethbridge Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh speaks to the media following a hostage taking in Lethbridge, Alta., July 15, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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Police say they had no choice but to send a tactical team Thursday to rescue a hostage from a law office because her life was in imminent danger.

They said Friday that a woman entered the Lethbridge Legal Guidance office demanding to speak with a specific lawyer who wasn’t there and, after using the washroom, came out and pointed a gun at two employees.