Shalinder Kaur Basran attempted to rescue Navreet K. Waraich from assault, Surrey, British Columbia, October 29, 2006. During an argument in their apartment, which was on the ground floor of a two-level house, Waraich, 23, was stabbed repeatedly by her husband. Basran, 58, who owned the house, was in her second-floor quarters when she heard screaming. She and her daughter responded to the apartment’s outside door and gained entry to the unit when the assailant opened the door. They saw Waraich lying on the floor, bloodied and pleading for help. Basran’s daughter exited the apartment and called police. When the assailant picked up a knife and approached Waraich, Basran grasped him by the shoulder and pulled him away. He discarded the weapon. Basran took him from the apartment and remained with him for several minutes, until police arrived and arrested him. Waraich died of her wounds.
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