Idaho police say nine people are hospitalized and one man is in custody after a mass stabbing at a Boise apartment complex that is home to many refugee families, NY Times has reported.
The police did not yet have a suspected motive for the Saturday night attack but said a 30-year-old man was in custody.
Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said on Saturday night that there are no fatalities but some victims have life-threatening injuries.
“At this point, we haven’t lost anybody, but as I said the injuries are very serious,” Bones said.
Investigators said they did not yet know if the suspect was connected to the victims in any way.
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“It’s a single evil individual who attacked,” Bones said. “No provocation that we are aware of.”
Police received a report of a stabbing at 8:46 p.m., and responded to the Boise apartment complex within four minutes, Bone said.
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 said they did not 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 said their age ranges varied dramatically and “it’s affected all aspects of the families” who live at the complex.
Investigators were searching a nearby canal and the crime scene late Saturday night. Bones said police believe the knife used in the stabbing was discarded by the suspect prior to his arrest.
