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Calgary man killed in Christmas Day stabbing identified

Police have identified the man who was fatally stabbed in southeast Calgary on Christmas Day as Mark Maurice Mitchell, 45.

Mark Maurice Mitchell, 45, died in hospital following attack

A police car parked outside a home on Fonda Drive S.E. in Calgary on Boxing Day as officers investigated a fatal stabbing. (Andrew Brown/CBC)

Police have identified the man who was fatally stabbed in southeast Calgary on Christmas Day as Mark Maurice Mitchell, 45.

Police were called to a rooming-house complexin Forest Heights early in the evening on Dec. 25 where they found Mitchell suffering from stab wounds.

He was taken to hospital, where he later died.

Morris Stern, 55, was charged with manslaughter.

Investigators believe the two men knew each other and had been drinkingtogether before the stabbing happened.

Stern's next court appearance is set for Jan. 9.