Woman Fatally Stabbed on Metro Train, Latest in a String of Attacks on LA Transit System

A woman who was stabbed in the neck aboard a subway train in Los Angeles early on April 22 died of her injuries, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. The victim, a woman in her mid-50s, was a passenger aboard Metropolitan Transit Authority’s B-Line around 5 a.m. when a suspect stabbed her; she then exited the train and officers located her on the Universal/Studio City platform, police said. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded and took the victim to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A suspect was apprehended and is in police custody. The brutal attack comes just days after a string of violent assaults aboard Metro buses, including three within a three-day period last week....