Man Accused Of Stabbing Passenger With Weapon Of Pens And Rubber Bands On Flight

The suspect told the FBI he attacked the man on the Alaska Airlines flight because he “felt the mafia had been chasing him."

A man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a fellow passenger with a makeshift weapon made of pens and rubber bands during an Alaska Airlines flight.

Per multiple outlets, the wild incident happened as the flight from Seattle to Las Vegas was preparing to land at Harry Reid International Airport on Jan. 24.

A witness told investigators that the suspect, Julio Alvarez Lopez, was being “fidgety” during the flight, which took off at 6:10 a.m. After returning from the restroom, Lopez unexpectedly “began punching and hitting the victim,” who was seated across the aisle with his wife and 7-year-old son.

The witness also reported seeing “blood everywhere” from the ambush, adding that Lopez dropped a “pen and tape bundle” during the incident.

After Lopez stopped stabbing the victim, he released the homemade weapon and walked toward the front of the plane.