slash attack

(Newser) - Young women shopping in northern Virginia malls should watch their butts, police warn. A serial slasher is believed to be responsible for at least five attacks in the region, and cops believe he won't stop slashing until he's caught, the New York Daily News reports. An 18-year-old woman...

(Newser) - Five female students at a Maine university pounced on a slasher who stabbed a woman and held him for police. Howard Wolk, 45, has been charged with attempted murder after police said he stabbed a nursing student who had an order of protection against him. Nearby Husson University students rushed...