Man attacks woman at Miami airport; terminal ordered to be evacuated

MIAMI, Florida, USA— Last Saturday night, a man attacked a woman with a knife at Miami International Airport, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of hundreds of people from the terminal as a precaution.

The woman was stabbed around 11:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of Terminal J, outside the secure zone. Detective Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, said the man also tried to push the woman over a railing, but she managed to escape. Officers recovered the weapon and arrested the man without incident.

Rodriguez called the incident “an unprovoked altercation,” but police have not said whether the two people knew each other. The woman was hospitalized in critical condition with multiple stab wounds, police said.

Rodriguez said that when officers arrived, some people were confused, thinking there was someone with a gun. Officers determined there was no firearm, police said.

The attack occurred outside the airport’s secure zone, but a spokesman for the facility said that as a precaution all passengers in terminals J and H were evacuated and re-screened, the Miami Herald reported.

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