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4 Dead After NYC Stabbing Spree, Carjacking

Suspect accused of killing stepdad, ex-girlfriend, her mother, and pedestrian

(Newser) - A 23-year-old Brooklyn man was in police custody today, suspected in a stabbing spree that took the lives of his stepfather, his ex-girlfriend, and her mother, and led to a nightlong manhunt across New York City. Authorities said Maksim Gelman also stabbed and wounded the driver of a car he...

Slasher Attacks Tokyo Bus Passengers, 13 Injured

Man busted after students stabbed

(Newser) - At least 13 people were injured when a knife-wielding man attacked commuters on a bus in a Tokyo suburb this morning. Police arrested an unemployed 27-year-old man who was subdued by passengers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Most of the injured were high school and junior high students. Four people...

Girl, 13, Stabbed 30 Times in Rape Attack

Boy, 14, then slashes her baby brother: cops

(Newser) - A young teen attacker stabbed a 13-year-old girl more than 30 times before raping her, then slashed her baby brother, police said yesterday The girl was sleeping at home with her 18-month-old sibling when the 14-year-old boy burst into their northern California home, according to the Vacaville Reporter . He stabbed...

Black Friday: Marine Stabbed While Collecting Toys for Tots

Alleged shoplifter stabbed him while trying to get away

(Newser) - Black Friday always seems to bring out a few ne’er-do-wells, and yesterday was no exception: An alleged shoplifter is accused of stabbing a Marine—who was collecting Toys for Tots donations, no less—at a Georgia Best Buy. Cpl. Phillip Duggan, 24, was attempting to stop Tracey Attaway, 39,...

8-Year-Old Stabbed 5 Times at Dave & Buster's

Boy was playing video games when man attacked at random

(Newser) - An 8-year-old boy was playing video games at a New York Dave & Buster’s Friday night when a man walked up to him and stabbed him five times in the back. Evan Sachs, 23, is accused of the apparently premeditated, but random, attack—he was allegedly carrying a note...

Woman Stabs Man Who Called Her Feet 'Smelly'

Washington teen overreacts to taunting at party, prosecutors say

(Newser) - Smell someone's fragrant feet? Might be best to keep your mouth shut. An 18-year-old Washington woman has been charged with assault after stabbing a fellow partygoer for taunting her about her smelly feet, prosecutors say. Dallas Smith tried and failed to do a backflip, which led to some taunting, the...

Student Charged With Slashing College Dean's Throat

Allegedly planning to knife Missouri governor

(Newser) - A deranged student who is accused of slashing a college dean's throat may have been planning to attack Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, police say. The dean was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after the attack at a community college, and Casey Brezik, 22, was charged with felony assault, the Kansas City ...

See Alleged Cabbie Attacker's Videos

Some wonder if he had PTSD himself

(Newser) - Michael Enright filmed a lot of videos, none of which gave the slightest hint that he might be the kind of person accused of brutally attacking a cab driver with a knife. But his YouTube shorts (see them in the gallery) do have an interesting through-line—they all deal with...

Serial Stabbing Suspect Caught on Way to Israel

Cops think Israeli national is man sought in Mich., Va. attacks

(Newser) - A possible suspect in a string of 20 stabbings that terrorized people across three states and left five dead was arrested late yesterday at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport as he tried to board a Delta flight for Tel Aviv. The man is being held on unrelated charges, police in Leesburg, Va....

Shopper Stabs 4 at LA Target
 Shopper Stabs 4 at LA Target 
May 4, 2010 1:21 AM CDT

Shopper Stabs 4 at LA Target

Hero cop stops slash spree before anyone is killed

(Newser) - Four shoppers were slashed yesterday at a West Hollywood Target store by a woman wielding a knife in each hand and shouting: "There is no witness protection program." Layla Rosetta Trawick, 35, appears to have attacked people at random with a butcher and carving knife, police said. All...

28 Children Stabbed in China Attack
28 Children Stabbed
in China Attack
Apr 29, 2010 6:08 AM CDT

28 Children Stabbed in China Attack

Knifeman goes berserk in kindergarten

(Newser) - A knife-wielding man went berserk in a kindergarten in eastern China today, stabbing 28 children and 3 adults. The suspected attacker, 47, was arrested after the multiple assaults in Jiangsu province, the BBC reports. Most of those injured were 4-year-old children from the same class. Five victims are in critical...

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