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Woman Stabs Two At Montgomery Mall
By Lori Aratani and Allan Lengel
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 26, 2005; Page B01
A knife-wielding woman stabbed a woman at a Nordstrom's department store last night, then calmly rode an elevator down one flight and attacked another woman, sending dozens of shoppers at a Montgomery County mall screaming and running toward the exits, police and witnesses saied.
The violence, which police said appeared to be random, came to an abrupt halt when an off-duty FBI agent who witnessed the second stabbing pulled out a gun, ordered the woman to drop the knife and arrested her, police said.
Both women were being treated last night for injuries described as not life threatening.
"At this time we believe this was random," said Lt. Eric Burnett, a spokesman for the Montgoery County police. "We have no idea what prompted this assault."
The incident began about 6:55 p .m. at Westfield Shoppingtown Montgomery, formerly known as Montgomery Mall, when a woman believed to be
in her 40s began attacking a 24-year-old shopper in the customer service area on the third floor. The woman was stabbed in the abdomen and upper back, police said, and she also suffered defensive wounds on both arms.
Irina Slutsky was riding up to the third floor when a saleswoman came running tward the escalator and told riders to "go back down! Go back down!"
Slutsky had reached the third floor, where she saw a woman holding what she said appeared to be a kitchen knife in her right hand, which was by her side.
"It as drippng blood, not a lot, but it was driping blood," Slutsky said. "Unless you were paying attenton, you couldn't see the knife."
The attacker "was walking calmly toward the down escalator," shesaid.
The suspect then rode the escalator toward the second floor, behind a woman wearing a pink sweater and black pants, Slutsky said. The suspect stabbed the woman repeatedly.
"She kind of leaned over and startd stabbing this woman in the back," Slutsky said. The second woman, who police said was also in her 20s, "started running dwn on the escalator, trying to get away, and the woman with the knife started running after her," Slutsky said
By Lori Aratani and Allan Lengel
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 26, 2005; Page B01
A knife-wielding woman stabbed a woman at a Nordstrom's department store last night, then calmly rode an elevator down one flight and attacked another woman, sending dozens of shoppers at a Montgomery County mall screaming and running toward the exits, police and witnesses saied.
The violence, which police said appeared to be random, came to an abrupt halt when an off-duty FBI agent who witnessed the second stabbing pulled out a gun, ordered the woman to drop the knife and arrested her, police said.
Both women were being treated last night for injuries described as not life threatening.
"At this time we believe this was random," said Lt. Eric Burnett, a spokesman for the Montgoery County police. "We have no idea what prompted this assault."
The incident began about 6:55 p .m. at Westfield Shoppingtown Montgomery, formerly known as Montgomery Mall, when a woman believed to be
in her 40s began attacking a 24-year-old shopper in the customer service area on the third floor. The woman was stabbed in the abdomen and upper back, police said, and she also suffered defensive wounds on both arms.
Irina Slutsky was riding up to the third floor when a saleswoman came running tward the escalator and told riders to "go back down! Go back down!"
Slutsky had reached the third floor, where she saw a woman holding what she said appeared to be a kitchen knife in her right hand, which was by her side.
"It as drippng blood, not a lot, but it was driping blood," Slutsky said. "Unless you were paying attenton, you couldn't see the knife."
The attacker "was walking calmly toward the down escalator," shesaid.
The suspect then rode the escalator toward the second floor, behind a woman wearing a pink sweater and black pants, Slutsky said. The suspect stabbed the woman repeatedly.
"She kind of leaned over and startd stabbing this woman in the back," Slutsky said. The second woman, who police said was also in her 20s, "started running dwn on the escalator, trying to get away, and the woman with the knife started running after her," Slutsky said