The 52-year-old woman was killed in a fight inside an apartment on Bay Ridge Avenue in Bay Ridge just after 7 a.m.
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Several people in the apartment building witnessed the attack and may have been injured, but not stabbed.
As police responded to a report of an emotionally disturbed person, a 42-year-old man emerged from the building and was placed into custody. Charges against the man are now pending.
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Detectives are now sorting the case out, including the relation between victim and suspect.