4 girls were stabbed at a Massachusetts movie theater and it appears linked to another stabbing at restaurant, police say

A suspect was taken into custody on suspicion of stabbing four girls – ranging from 9 to 17 years old – at a movie theater in Massachusetts before another apparently connected stabbing at a fast food restaurant, authorities said Saturday.

A suspect was taken into custody on suspicion of stabbing four girls – ranging from 9 to 17 years old – at a movie theater in Massachusetts before another apparently connected stabbing at a fast food restaurant, authorities said Saturday. The two attacks happened about an hour apart in different towns and it “appears as though the crimes are related,” Braintree Police said. The four girls were stabbed without warning in an AMC theater in Braintree around 6 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from Braintree Police. “Without saying anything and without any warning, he suddenly attacked and stabbed the four young females. The attack appeared to be unprovoked,” police said. “After the attack, the man ran out of the theater and left in a vehicle.” The girls were taken to Boston hospitals for treatment of their injuries. All four victims are expected to survive, authorities said. Police discovered the assailant had left the theater in what appeared to be a black SUV, and video footage allowed authorities to capture its license plate, the release says. A vehicle matching the description was “reportedly involved in similar assault in Plymouth,” which is about a 30-minute drive south of Braintree, police said.