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Man stabbed in what police call a random attack at Aventura bus terminal next to mall

A woman stabbed a man inside the Miami-Dade Transit Center next to the Aventura Mall Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, police said.
A woman stabbed a man inside the Miami-Dade Transit Center next to the Aventura Mall Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, police said. MH

A woman stabbed a 19-year-old man in what police are saying appears to be a random knife attack Wednesday afternoon at a Miami-Dade bus depot next to the Aventura Mall.

The man told police that he did not know the woman, who he said looked “much older” than him, nor the reason why she walked up and stabbed him around 12:45 p.m.

Aventura police spokesman Sgt. Hans Maestre said when officers arrived, they immediately treated him for superficial knife wounds on his body. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paramedics took him to the hospital in stable condition.

“There is no motive at this time,” Maestre said, adding the attack did not happen inside the mall.

The woman left the scene after attacking the man and has not been caught, according to police.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published February 7, 2024 at 6:10 PM.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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