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Crime
Man with 9 prior arrests charged with murder after 3 die in NYC stabbing rampage
Ramon Rivera, 51, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder following a stabbing spree in Manhattan on Nov. 18. The unprovo...
Ryan General
China
Japanese boy in China fatally stabbed amid rising anti-Japan sentiment
A 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed on his way to school in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, coinciding with the anniversary of Jap...
Carl Samson
Woman pleads guilty to hate crime for stabbing Chinese student in the head on Indiana bus
Billie Davis, a 58-year-old woman, has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for repeatedly stabbing an 18-year-old Chinese American studen...
Michelle De Pacina
Chinese woman dies shielding Japanese mother and child from knife attack
Hu Youping, a school bus attendant in Suzhou, China, died after attempting to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack at ...
Canada
Man accused of stabbing 3 people at Vancouver Chinatown festival pleads not guilty
A man accused of stabbing three individuals of Asian descent at a Vancouver Chinatown festival last year has pleaded not guilty. Key points...
Suspect in stabbing of 68-year-old woman in Los Angeles Chinatown robbery arrested
Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for the brutal stabbing of a woman in her 60s during an attempted robbery in Chinatown. Key points: ...
Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect deemed ‘significant threat’ prior to release that led to violent incident
A review by the BC Review Board on April 13 determined that Donnelly continued to “meet the threshold of significant threat,” le...
Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect was on day release from psychiatric facility: police
All three victims are ethnically Asian, and investigators are probing whether the attack had any elements of hate or racism ...
Stabbing at Chinatown festival in Vancouver leaves 3 injured
“We will work each and every day to ensure Vancouver is a place where people can live, work and thrive in a safe environment,” s...
Seattle college student stabbed 107 times while protecting her mother from her stepfather
Angelina Tran, an engineering student at the University of Washington, was fatally stabbed more than 100 times while protecting her mother f...
2 Asian Americans injured in back-to-back stabbing, punching on NYC’s subway stations
Two Asian Americans were targeted in separate violent attacks on New York City’s subway stations this week. The attacks: The first incident ...
Career criminal accused of stabbing Asian passenger nearly 20 times in Seattle train attack
A man with convictions dating back to 2002 is facing new charges after allegedly stabbing a Seattle light rail passenger last month. What ha...
South Korean teacher stabbed a day after knife rampage wounded 14
A high school teacher in Daejeon, South Korea, was stabbed on Friday. What happened: The unidentified teacher, who is in his 40s, was attack...
Editorial Staff
At least 14 wounded in car and stabbing rampage in South Korea
A man in his 20s rammed his car into pedestrians and went on a stabbing rampage in Seongnam, South Korea, wounding at least 14 people. What...
6 killed in stabbing spree at kindergarten in China
Six people, including three children, were recently killed in a knife attack in China’s southeastern Guangdong province. What happened: On ...
Alumnus charged for stabbing 3 in gender studies class at Canadian university in ‘hate attack’
A graduate of the University of Waterloo in Canada has been hit with multiple charges over a stabbing rampage during a gender studies class ...
US Marshals believe fugitive wanted for stabbing may be working as tattoo artist in Las Vegas
The U.S. Marshals are asking for the public’s help to locate a fugitive known to be associated with Asian gangs who they believe is now work...
Bryan Ke
Lesbian couple brutally stabbed to death in Hong Kong mall
A lesbian couple was brutally stabbed to death by a stranger at the Hollywood Plaza Mall in Diamond Hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong, on June 2. W...
Man arrested for fatally stabbing senior Asian woman who was exercising in San Diego park
A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing an Asian woman to death in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood on Monday. How it happened: ...
Man accused of stabbing SF Chinatown bakery worker also stabbed bakery owner’s father 7 years ago
The man who was recently arrested for stabbing an employee working at a popular bakery in San Francisco’s Chinatown is reportedly the same m...
Woman stabbed in the neck at famous SF Chinatown bakery
A woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in the neck while working at a popular bakery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. T...
Family of Christina Yuna Lee sues NYPD over alleged inaction
The family of Christina Yuna Lee is suing the New York Police Department (NYPD) for taking too long to break into her Chinatown apartment an...
64-year-old woman fatally stabbed in her apartment building identified by SF authorities
San Francisco authorities have identified the senior woman killed inside her apartment building on May 5. The Office of the Chief Medical E...
State charges dropped against woman who stabbed Asian teen in the head on Indiana bus
The state of Indiana has dismissed some of the charges against the woman accused of stabbing an Asian student in the head in Bloomington, In...
Woman charged with hate crime for stabbing Asian teen in the head on Indiana bus
The woman who stabbed an 18-year-old Asian American Indiana University student in the head with a pocketknife in January has been indicted a...
Virginia woman allegedly stabbed to death in her hotel room by man who was recently released from jail
A man has been charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing of a woman from Virginia who was in Washington, D.C., for a concert. On Fri...
Man with ‘animosity toward South Asians’ found guilty of fatally stabbing cab driver in Canada
A man accused of killing a South Asian cab driver was convicted of second-degree murder by a Canadian court Tuesday. Okoth Obeing, 23, fatal...
Boy, 13, accused of stabbing sister multiple times in Queens home for ‘bothering’ him
A 13-year-old boy in Queens, New York City, has been charged with felony assault after allegedly stabbing his 14-year-old sister multiple ti...
Chinese man accused of murdering Nigerian ex-girlfriend says he ‘didn’t mean’ to kill her
Geng Quanrong, the Chinese national accused of slaying his Nigerian ex-girlfriend, has accused the latter of injuring his genitals and denie...
37-year-old S. Korean woman accused of stabbing 3 after being called ‘ajumma’
South Korean police have requested an arrest warrant for a woman accused of stabbing three people on a subway after she got offended when th...
Woman accused of stabbing Indiana student for being Chinese has ‘severe mental illness,’ defense attorney says
The woman accused of repeatedly stabbing an Asian American teenager in the head earlier this month has been suffering from “severe mental il...
Woman stabbed teen multiple times on Indiana bus for being Chinese, according to affidavit
A woman was arrested for stabbing an 18-year-old girl in the head multiple times on a Bloomington Transit bus in Indiana. Billie R. Davis, ...
Chinese influencer arrested for stabbing alleged rival to death during livestream
A Chinese influencer has been arrested for stabbing his alleged rival to death while the latter was livestreaming in a market in Nepal earli...
Asian trio wanted for stabbing man in NYC robbery
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is seeking the public’s help with identifying three men connected to a reported robbery and stabb...
Woman and child in critical condition after stabbing at Los Angeles Target
A 25-year-old Asian woman and a 9-year-old boy are in critical condition after being stabbed with a “butcher-style knife" inside a Tar...
Asian student stabbed by alleged bully at New York high school
An 18-year-old Asian student was stabbed by a 17-year-old classmate at Proctor High School in Utica, New York, on Monday morning. Teachers...
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