One man has been arrested in connection with at least two stabbing incidents in Massachusetts on Saturday.
At about 6 p.m. Saturday, four girls ranging in age from 9 to 17 were stabbed at a movie theater in Braintree, according to the Boston Globe.
An hour later, two people were stabbed at a fast food restaurant near Plymouth, continuing the bizarre spree.
None of the injuries suffered in either incident were life-threatening, police said.
Police said the first stabbing took place at the AMC Braintree 10 when a man went past a ticket counter without paying and entered a theater.
“Without saying anything and without any warning, he suddenly attacked and stabbed the four young females,” Braintree police said in a statement.
As for any potential motive, the police stated that the “attack appeared to be unprovoked.”
The man left the theater and drove off in a black SUV.
About an hour later, a stabbing was reported at a McDonald’s at a rest area along Route 3.
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State Police attempted to pull the vehicle over, but the driver did not stop and crashed a short time later, State Police said. The driver was taken into police custody and was being treated at a hospital Saturday night, State Police said.
In that attack, a 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were treated at a hospital, State Police said.
State Police then pursued the suspect’s vehicle, which crashed in Sandwich.
Despite there being a lack of motive present, police said their preliminary investigation “suggests a likely connection” between the two incidents.
The possibility of a connection between the Massachusetts incidents and a separate one in Connecticut was raised after Connecticut State Police said a suspect in a fatal stabbing was taken into custody by Massachusetts State Police, according to WCVB-TV.
In the Connecticut incident, a person was found dead in a house at Deep River after police were called to the house at 3:36 p.m. on Saturday.
According to WBTS-TV, several sources named the suspect as Jared Christian Ravizza.
