Idaho police say nine people were hospitalized early Sunday and one man is in custody after a mass stabbing at a Boise apartment complex that is home to many refugee families, the AP reports. Boise… Crime News Summaries.
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Idaho police say nine people were hospitalized early Sunday and one man is in custody after a mass stabbing at a Boise apartment complex that is home to many refugee families, the AP reports. Boise Police Chief Bill Bones says all nine were taken to area hospitals, some with life-threatening injuries. «At this point we haven’t lost anybody, but as I said the injuries are very serious,» Bones says. Some victims are from the city’s refugee community, Bones tells Idaho News. The police did not yet have a suspected motive for the Saturday night attack but said a 30-year-old man was in custody. «This incident is not a representation of our community but a single evil individual who attacked people without provocation that we are aware of at this time,» Bones says. He saysthe attack resulted in the most victims in a single incident in Boise Police Department history.
«As you can imagine, the Wylie Street Apartment and our community is reeling from this attack,» he says. Police received a report of a stabbing at 8:46pm, and responded to the apartment complex within four minutes, Bone says. They found victims in the parking lot and inside the apartment complex. Witnesses reported that the suspect had fled, and police arrested the 30-year-old man a short distance away. Investigators say they don’t yet know if the suspect was connected to the victims in any way. Police did not release the names or ages of the victims, but say their age ranges varied dramatically and «it’s affected all aspects of the families» who live at the complex. Bones says police believe the knife used in the stabbing was discarded by the suspect prior to his arrest, and police searched a nearby canal as well as the areas around the apartment complex.
