J-Church Muni Stabber Matches Profile as Boy's Attacker

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The man who stabbed a woman on a J-Church train yesterday morning fits the profile of the guy who resembles the suspect sought in the knife attack of an 11-year-old boy on a Muni bus in September.

The woman, a SFSU student/new SF resident frresh from Portland, has been identified as Rachel Brown, who told authorities she was "asleep before she was attacked." Yesterday's incident came a few months after 11-year-old Hatim Mansori was knifed back in September.

Oh, and here's a sketch of the guy. He's described as "a 25- to 40-year-old black man, about 6 feet tall with a full beard and a 'bad body odor.'" He also sports a black sweatshirt, a black jacket over the sweatshirt, and a black do-rag.

Looks like the city of San Francisco could have a serial attacker on its hands. Beware of the Muni Stabber (eh?!), folks.

Update: The stab victim, who is doing very well, described her attack to CBS 5. It seems Brown was stabbed twice during the attack. "I had fallen asleep because I was feeling ill with a cold," said Brown, "and just fallen asleep and waking up to the feeling that someone punched me in my side 2 times and I woke up with a shock and saw this guy running off the train."

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I am very sorry to hear of this person's injuries. However, one simply does not fall asleep on any public transport. It is best to always keep your wits about you, as there are potential risks whenever people congregate in enclosed spaces: physically harmful threats like this one or an accident involving the train or bus. It is best to move through all public spaces with a 360 degree awareness.

Good advice. She was with her partner, though, so she wasn't really being irresponsible.

Very scary! People should always be aware of their surroundings, not just on mass transit. I hope this person is caught, very soon :/

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