An intense feud between two 53-year-old women who have spent years trading bizarre insults and unintelligible lawsuits spilled into bloodshed this week as one of the two enemies allegedly stabbed the other in Vancouver’s B.C. Supreme Court building.

Jing Lu was on the cusp of appearing before a judge Tuesday morning to argue that Catherine Shen should be imprisoned for contempt of court when Shen allegedly attacked her — sending Lu to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Shen did leave the building in handcuffs,