An assailant entered a Massachusetts movie theater on Saturday and stabbed and injured four young girls.
The unidentified suspect entered one of the movie theaters around 6 p.m. on Saturday without paying admission and “suddenly, without a word or warning, attacked and stabbed four young women,” according to the Braintree Police Department in Massachusetts. release About that incident.
The girls, ages 9 to 17, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a Boston hospital, police said.
Police said the attack “appears to have been unprovoked.”
After the attack at the AMC Braintree Theatre, the suspect fled in a black SUV.
Authorities said the same suspect may have been involved in an earlier assault that occurred in Plymouth, Massachusetts, less than 30 miles from Braintree. After a pursuit by Massachusetts State Police, the vehicle crashed in Sandwich, Massachusetts, about 45 miles from Braintree, the Braintree Police Department said Saturday night. The driver was taken into custody.
Police were able to use video footage to obtain the vehicle’s license plate number after the incident in Braintree.
The suspect may also be connected to a murder investigation in Connecticut, CBS Boston reported. report The man was arrested on Saturday, citing multiple sources, and authorities said he was dangerous and possibly had a 10-inch knife, according to CBS Boston.
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