9 wounded, including refugees, to Boise apartments

BOISE, Idaho – Police in Idaho claim that nine people were hospitalized early Sunday and that a man is being detained after stabbing an apartment Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said the nine were taken to local hospitals, some of whom were seriously injured, including victims from the refugee community, police said.

"At this point, we have lost no one, but as I said, the wounds are very serious," said Bones

. "It's not a representation of our community, but a single evil individual who attacked unprovoked people we know at the time," said a 30-year-old man. "He said that the attack resulted in most victims in a single incident in the history of the Boise Police Department." As you can imagine, the apartment of Wylie Street and our community are affected by this attack, "he said.

Police received a stabbing report at 8:46 pm and responded to the apartment in four minutes. "They found victims in the parking lot and inside the apartment complex. Witnesses reported that the suspect had run away and that the police had arrested the 30-year-old man at a short distance.

Investigators said that they still did not know if the suspect was in contact with the victims in any way. name or age of the victims, but stated that their age range varied widely and that "this affected all aspects of the family" who lived in the complex

Bones said that the police believe that the knife used suspects before his arrest, and the police searched a nearby canal as well as areas around the apartment complex.

The apartment complex is just off one of Boise's busiest streets, separated from traffic by one of the many irrigation canals. run through the city. Police closed about one kilometer from the road during the initial investigation and rerouted traffic to the more remote tracks of the complex using rockets and barricades.

On Sunday morning, there were still dozens of police cars and officers. evidence markers placed around the parking lot. The agents told some resort residents who were trying to get home that they should find a motel or take refuge in a nearby church because the complex would not be open to residents until daylight.

Victims Coordinators and Counselors Bones said, "Our thoughts are with the victims who are in the hospital tonight, please keep them and their families in your thoughts. and prayers, "he said.

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