Flint Serial Stabbings Faces Charge In Ohio
A Michigan man suspected in a string of stabbings across three states has been charged with stabbing a church custodian in Ohio. A grand jury in Toledo indicted Elias Abuelazam on Friday.
He's charged with felonious assault and attempted murder in the stabbing of Tony Leno who was standing outside a Toledo church in August when a man asked him for directions and then began stabbing him.
Leno survived the attack, and Abuelazam was arrested a few days later while trying to board a plane for Israel, his native country.
The 33-year-old Abuelazam already faces one murder charge and five attempted murder charges. Five men were killed and nine injured in a series of stabbings in the Flint area. Abuelazam also is suspected in four attacks in Virginia.
A seperate destruction of property charge was announced Thursday, as well. Abuelazam was accused of smashing a car window in a bar parking lot in Genesee Township.
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