Police arrest a man after 9 people are stabbed over 2 days in Seattle
The Hindu
Man arrested in Seattle for random stabbings injuring nine people over two days, suspect linked to multiple incidents.
A man has been arrested in connection with a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle, in which nine people were injured – five of them on Friday (November 8, 2024) afternoon, police said.
“This incident was apparently one individual over 38 hours committing random assaults,” Deputy Chief Eric Barden said at the scene Friday (November 8, 2024).
The stabbings on Friday (November 8, 2024) afternoon took place in a roughly four-block area in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
“Witnesses reported a description of the suspect and officers found him nearby and took him into custody, police said. A weapon was found near the person who was arrested, and a knife was lodged in one of the victims,” police said.
Four of the victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and one victim was treated at the scene and released. A Harborview spokesperson confirmed four victims were at the hospital and said all were in critical condition.
Mr. Barden said police suspect that the person arrested in connection with Friday (November 8, 2024)‘s stabbings is the same person involved with at least four other stabbings that happened starting early Thursday (November 7, 2024). He cited similar suspect descriptions and the randomness of the attacks but added that the investigation is ongoing.
The Thursday (November 7, 2024) stabbings in Chinatown started when a 52-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds, police said. On Thursday (November 7, 2024) afternoon, a 32-year-old man was found after being stabbed multiple times and at about 8 p.m. a 37-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the back, police said.
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