Newark, NJ – A woman was stabbed in the hand and struck with a pipe during a violent fight inside a downtown Newark business last Tuesday, and police are now asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect — a woman known only as “Shakira.”
The brutal assault occurred between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on July 29 at a business located near the intersection of Court Street and Washington Street, according to Newark Public Safety officials. The altercation escalated when the suspect pulled a silver knife and stabbed the victim in the hand during the struggle.
After the stabbing, the suspect allegedly grabbed a small black pipe from a nearby trash can and used it to hit the woman before bystanders stepped in to separate the two…