Woman charged in 'random' Chinook Centre stabbings

All 3 victims were taken to hospital in stable condition

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Caption: Police responded to Chinook Centre where a woman was arrested following a series of stabbings Thursday. (CBC)

Calgary police have charged a woman in three stabbings attacks near Chinook Centre mall Thursday evening.
Nina Nepinak, 30, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and three counts of assault with a weapon, police said in a release Friday afternoon.
Police said that at approximately 8:20 p.m. Thursday, a woman attended a restaurant in the 5800 block of Macleod Trail S.W. After receiving her order, she allegedly stabbed a 24-year-old woman, causing serious injuries.
Minutes later, outside a pub in the same strip mall as the restaurant, the woman allegedly stabbed a 77-year-old man, seriously injuring him.
She then entered the north end of the Chinook Centre parkade about 15 minutes later, where she's believed to have stabbed a man in his 50s, seriously injuring him.

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Caption: Police and EMS responded to reports of people being stabbed near Chinook Centre on Thursday. (Mark Matulis/CBC)

All three were taken to hospital in stable condition.
The woman was arrested shortly after and taken into custody.
The Calgary Police Service said it's believed the attacks were random.