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Woman with knife arrested at post-secondary in New Westminster

A New Westminster police officer is seen in this undated photo. New Westminster police

Police in New Westminster, B.C., say they were called to a post-secondary school in the city when staff reported that a woman armed with a knife was inside the building.

The woman was not a student at the institution and police say students and staff feared for their safety.

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Before police arrived, security had isolated the armed woman and police cleared out the building.

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Police called in the emergency response team, which convinced the woman to give herself up and she was safely arrested.

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