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Woman stabbed on SEPTA train

A man who tried to break up the fight was slashed in his arm by the attacker, transit police said.

SEPTA Transit Officers at N. Broad and Girard Avenue, Monday, September 9, 2024 Officers responded to call of woman stabbed at this station. No official report from police or SEPTA.
SEPTA Transit Officers at N. Broad and Girard Avenue, Monday, September 9, 2024 Officers responded to call of woman stabbed at this station. No official report from police or SEPTA.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
    by Rodrigo Torrejón
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Police are searching for the woman they say stabbed another woman in the back during a fight on a SEPTA train Monday morning, authorities said.

Shortly before 8:30 a.m., two women began arguing on the Broad Street Line as they traveled north near Girard Station, said Andrew Busch, a spokesperson for SEPTA. The argument turned into a physical fight, and one of the women stabbed the other in the back, he said.

A man who tried to intervene was slashed on one arm, said Busch.

The victims’ injuries are not life-threatening, he said. The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The man was treated at the scene and declined to be taken to a hospital.

The motive for the attacks was unclear, and no arrests had been made.

Through June 30, four homicides and 50 aggravated assaults were reported on SEPTA property, according to data compiled by the transit agency.