A Black woman in the Seattle area was stabbed multiple times after two white men allegedly dragged her off a city bus in what police said was a racially motivated attack.
The incident involved a 43-year-old woman who survived the March 7 stabbing just outside the doors of a Metro bus that rolled to a stop on Central Avenue South, the Kent Police Department said.
The attack took place in front of multiple witnesses, who later gave statements to authorities and provided video evidence of the unprovoked attack.
The identity of the victim was withheld by officials after the suspects threatened her during the bus ride, saying they did not like “Black people.”
With no way to protect herself, the woman turned to the bus driver for help, urging him to call the police.
Moments later, the two white men quickly elbowed past the other passengers and caught up with the woman at the front of the bus before one of the men grabbed her by the arm and pulled her off at the next stop, police said.
Once outside, one of the men punched the woman several times before a pocketknife was used to stab her repeatedly, according to police.