4 Girls Stabbed in Apparently Random Movie Theater Attack

Police in Massachusetts have a suspect in custody in two separate stabbing attacks on Saturday, though much remains unclear about the apparently random incidents. A total of six people were stabbed, and none have life-threatening injuries:

• Four girls: Police in Braintree say a man entered an AMC movie theater about 6pm, walked past the ticket counter and into one of the theaters, and stabbed four females ages 9 to 17, reports NBC News. The assailant didn't say anything before fleeing the scene. The four victims were taken to a Boston-area hospital for treatment.

• Two more victims: About an hour after the first attack, police say the same assailant stabbed two people—a 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man—at a McDonald's in Plymouth, roughly 30 miles away, per CNN.
• Suspect caught: Authorities took a suspect into custody following a police chase involving a black SUV spotted at both scenes. He has not been identified, and the investigation is "active and ongoing."
• A third? WCVB reports there may be a connection to a homicide in nearby Deep River, Connecticut. A body was found in a home there a few hours before the AMC stabbings.

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