City police spokesman James LaRochelle said the attacker used a large knife. The stabs he inflicted on passersby along the road killed two people, while three others are still in critical condition, and the rest are receiving treatment in hospital.
A number of passers-by chased the attacker, who was later arrested by the police. Police described him as a Latino man in his thirties, probably not from the city.
Witnesses told Las Vegas television stations that the attacker was hit in several locations, and it appeared that some of the victims were showgirls or street actresses taking pictures with tourists in the strip.
The suspect told a woman that he was a chef who wanted to take a picture with some showgirls with his knife, but started stabbing people when the group turned down the man’s offer, the woman told KTNV.
Pierre Vanderich told KTNV that he did not see the suspect while he was walking along the strip. But he said he thought he heard "Three or four girls laughing" It turned out to be a scream.
Vanderich said he saw "a lot of blood" While a woman was running across a bridge, one was on the ground, and another was stabbed in the back while trying to help the fallen woman.
He stated that one of the victims fell from the bridge because there was a lot of blood on the ground. Hours following the attack, police reassured the public that the area was safe.
Established city Las Vegas In the middle of the Nevada desert in 1905, it has established itself as the capital of gambling, casinos and alcohol in the United States.
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Two people were killed and at least six others were injured, in a knife attack that took place Thursday outside a casino in the US city of Las Vegas, according to a new toll announced by police.
The city’s police commissioner, Goo Lampardo, told a news conference that the victims were “tourists and locals”.
The attack occurred in front of casino On Strip Avenue, a kilometer-long boulevard full of casino buildings.
City police spokesman James LaRochelle said the attacker used a large knife. The stabs he inflicted on passersby along the road killed two people, while three others are still in critical condition, and the rest are receiving treatment in hospital.
A number of passers-by chased the attacker, who was later arrested by the police. Police described him as a Latino man in his thirties, probably not from the city.
Witnesses told Las Vegas television stations that the attacker was hit in several locations, and it appeared that some of the victims were showgirls or street actresses taking pictures with tourists in the strip.
The suspect told a woman that he was a chef who wanted to take a picture with some showgirls with his knife, but started stabbing people when the group turned down the man’s offer, the woman told KTNV.
Pierre Vanderich told KTNV that he did not see the suspect while he was walking along the strip. But he said he thought he heard “three or four girls laughing” and it turned out to be screaming.
Vanderich said he saw “a lot of blood” as a woman ran across a bridge, one on the ground, and another stabbed in the back while trying to help the fallen woman.
He stated that one of the victims fell from the bridge because there was a lot of blood on the ground. Hours following the attack, police reassured the public that the area was safe.
Established city Las Vegas In the middle of the Nevada desert in 1905, it has established itself as the capital of gambling, casinos and alcohol in the United States.
