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The Independent
02-06-2025
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- The Independent
‘Something … set him off': Mass stabbing at Orgon homeless shelter leaves 11 people injured
A mass stabbing at an Oregon homeless shelter sent 11 people to the hospital as officials said something set the suspect off before the attack. Police were called to the Union Gospel Mission in Salem, about an hour south of Portland, just after 7 p.m. Sunday following reports of a stabbing, police said. Victims suffered 'varying types of injuries' in the attack, and their conditions were unknown Monday morning, Angela Hendrick of the Salem Police Department said in a statement. Craig Smith, the executive director of the shelter, told NBC News the suspected attacker had just arrived at the facility the day before and was going to check in for a second night when he got into a fight. 'Something…set him off, and he evidently had a knife in his bag,' Smith said. The altercation happened just as the man was about to turn over his belongings and check in. At least one staff member working at the check-in desk was injured, Smith said. Bobby Epperly was on the second floor of the shelter when he said he saw the man screaming outside at traffic and holding a knife, the Salem Statesman Journal reported. 'It's like a horror movie,' said Epperly, 48. He said he didn't realize some people had already been stabbed inside the building until he went downstairs and saw 'blood everywhere.' Another witness, Malik Law, said he saw the man stab at least seven people. 'Everybody was basically trying to move out of his way,' Law said. 'He started attacking them.' Police have arrested the suspect but have not named the man. The shelter, a faith-based organization, houses upwards of 150 homeless men and provides support services, food, clothing, case management and counseling.
The Guardian
02-06-2025
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- The Guardian
‘It's like a horror movie': 11 stabbed at unhoused shelter in Oregon
Eleven people were stabbed at a shelter for the unhoused in Salem, Oregon, on Sunday evening, according to authorities. Salem police said they arrested a man in connection with the mass stabbing carried out at about 7.15pm local time at a facility run by an organization called the Union Gospel Mission. The suspect was not immediately identified. First responders brought the victims to a local hospital with 'varying types' of wounds. Officials did not immediately provide exact details on the severity of the injuries, though the Salem Statesman Journal reported one victim was seen 'bleeding heavily from the neck'. The attacker had spent Saturday night at the Union Gospel Mission building but was considered new to the facility, the site's executive director, Craig Smith, said in an interview with NBC News. He apparently was about to check in for a second night – preparing to hand over his belongings to staff – when he got into a fight. 'Something … set him off, and he evidently had a knife in his bag,' Smith told NBC. Smith said a mission employee working the check-in desk was among the wounded. He added that victims were found in the shelter's day room as well as outside the building – and that the facility's security video system captured 'the whole incident'. A Union Gospel mission resident, Bobby Epperly, told the Statesman Journal that there was 'blood everywhere' in the facility. 'It's like a horror movie,' Epperly said to the newspaper. Cellphone video circulating on social media reportedly showed the moment when the suspect in Sunday's mass stabbing was arrested. The video showed two police officers with pistols drawn successfully ordering a shirtless man to get on the ground before they handcuffed him. A man with a crutch approached the officers and the detained man – who were out on a street – before the police ordered him to back away. 'That's right – you're going in!' someone who was not in the video's frame can be heard screaming in the direction of the arrested man. Union Gospel Mission's website says it helps 'men, women and children break free from homelessness' through Christianity. A group of Christian businesspeople founded the non-profit ministry, which offers counseling and aims to house about 150 people nightly, according to its website. The attack occurred at a 50,000-sq-ft facility that was opened in 2021 after Union Gospel Mission moved out of another complex it had long used previously. It sits across the street from the Salem police department. In the US, shootings are the most common type of mass violence. But stabbings are also a relatively frequent way of carrying out mass violence in the country, data show.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Suspect in custody following mass stabbing in Oregon; 11 hosptialized
June 2 (UPI) -- Authorities in Oregon said a suspect was in custody after 11 people were reportedly hospitalized following a mass stabbing in downtown Salem. The Salem Police Department said in a statement published to X on Sunday night that officers were investigating "a stabbing incident" involving multiple victims who were transported for medical care. "The suspect is in custody," the statement said. The suspect has not yet been identified. Salem police spokesperson Angela Hedrick told the Statesman Journal that 11 victims were suffering from various injuries and had all been transported to Salem Hospital. Multiple roads in downtown Salem were closed for the investigation but were reopened a few hours later. This is a developing story.
Arab News
24-05-2025
- Arab News
Germany mass stabbing suspect has ‘psychological illness': police
The woman has 'very clear indications of a psychological illness,' police saidShe was subdued by two passersby and law enforcement officers BERLIN: A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack that wounded 18 people at a train station in Hamburg suffers from mental illness, police said suspect, a 39-year-old woman, is accused of going on a stabbing spree on Friday at the main station in Hamburg, stunning the northern city in the middle of the evening rush woman has 'very clear indications of a psychological illness,' police said in a statement, without giving further details on her added there were no signs she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the attack, which left four victims seriously woman was subdued by two passersby and law enforcement officers, then taken into custody at the scene without resisting arrest, police was due to appear before a judge later say they have ruled out a 'political motive' for the attack and believe the suspect acted victims range in age from 19 to four in serious condition were a 24-year-old man and three women, aged 24, 52 and 85, police officials initially said their wounds were life-threatening, but police say all the victims now appear to be out of immediate attack took place just after 6:00 p.m. (1600 GMT) Friday on one of the platforms in front of a standing train, German media suspect was thought to have turned 'against passengers' at the station, a spokeswoman for the Hanover federal police directorate, which also covers Hamburg, told of the victims were treated onboard waiting trains in the station, German daily Bild of the scene showed access to the platforms at one end of the station blocked off by police and people being loaded into waiting police could also be seen walking up and down the platforms where the attack took Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his shock in a call with the mayor of Hamburg.'My thoughts are with the victims and their families,' Merz said, according to a readout from a has been rocked in recent months by a series of violent attacks with often jihadist or far-right extremist motivations that have put security at the top of the most recent, on Sunday, saw four people injured in a stabbing at a bar in the city of investigation into that attack has been handed over to federal prosecutors after the Syrian suspect told the police officers who arrested him that he had jihadist question of security — and the immigrant origin of some of the attackers — was a major topic during Germany's recent election conservative CDU/CSU topped the February vote, which also saw a record score of more than 20 percent for the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD).Last year, Germany toughened its legislation on carrying knives, now banned at public gatherings and on long-distance are also banned in specific zones in some cities, including at Hamburg's train experts and police unions have previously questioned whether such bans are effective.
Al Arabiya
24-05-2025
- Al Arabiya
German woman due in court after mass stabbing in Hamburg
A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack at a train station in Hamburg was to appear before a judge Saturday, while the number of victims wounded rose to 18, police said. The suspect, a 39-year-old woman, was arrested at the scene of the attack Friday at Hamburg's main station, which stunned the city in the middle of the evening rush hour. Hamburg police spokesperson Florian Abbenseth said there was no evidence of a 'political motive,' and the woman may have been 'experiencing a psychological emergency.' She was arrested without resistance after the attack, which emergency services said had left at least four victims with life-threatening injuries. The toll from the stabbing spree – the latest in a series of violent attacks to stun Germany – has now risen to 18 wounded, from an initial figure of 12 and then 17, police said. The suspect 'remains in custody and is due to appear before a judge on Saturday,' they said in a statement. The suspect is thought to have 'acted alone,' police said in a post on X. – Busy station – The attack was reported by German media to have taken place just after 6:00 p.m. (1600 GMT) Friday on one of the platforms in front of a standing train. The suspect was thought to have turned 'against passengers' at the station, a spokesperson for the Hanover federal police directorate, which also covers Hamburg, told AFP. Some of the victims in the attack were treated onboard waiting trains in the station, German daily Bild reported. Images of the scene showed access to the platforms at one end of the station blocked off by police and people being loaded into waiting ambulances. Forensic police could also be seen walking up and down the platforms where the attack took place. German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said four platforms at the station had been closed while investigations were ongoing, adding that it was 'deeply shocked' by the incident. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also expressed his shock in a call with the mayor of Hamburg. 'My thoughts are with the victims and their families,' Merz said, according to a readout from his spokesperson Stefan Kornelius. Germany has been rocked in recent months by a series of violent attacks with often extremist or far-right terrorist motivations that have put security at the top of the agenda. The most recent, on Sunday, saw four people injured in a stabbing at a bar in the city of Bielefeld. The investigation into that attack has been handed over to federal prosecutors after the Syrian suspect told the police officers who arrested him that he had extremist beliefs. The question of security – and the immigrant origin of some of the attackers – was a major topic during Germany's recent election campaign. The February vote saw Merz's conservative CDU/CSU top the vote as well as a record score of more than 20 percent for the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany.
