Suspects in a serial stabbing case in New York committed a random crime: a Columbia university student was killed

Source: China News Network

According to the US Chinese Network, the New York police said that a few days ago, two unprovoked knife injuries occurred near the Manhattan campus of Columbia University, resulting in the death of a Columbia University student and the injury of a tourist. Sources said the suspect is also believed to be linked to another attack that took place 12 hours ago.

According to reports, the local police said that a 30-year-old Columbia university student was stabbed in the stomach on the evening of the 2nd local time. He was pronounced dead at St. Luke's Hospital at Mount Sinai.

After the incident, Columbia President Lee Bollinger confirmed in an email to students that the deceased was Davide Giri, a student at the university. "It is with great sadness that I am writing to tell you that David Guirie of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences was killed in a violent attack near the campus on Thursday night," Bollinger wrote. ”

The email added: "This news is both indescribably sad and deeply shocking, as it happened a few steps away from our school." ”

Police said that during the course of their investigation, they found a second man, a 27-year-old Italian tourist, who had also suffered a knife attack. He was taken to the same hospital for treatment and was in stable condition. The tourist allegedly arrived in New York a day earlier.

Police said they subsequently arrested a 25-year-old man in Central Park believed to be linked to the serial stabbing. He was subsequently identified as Vincent Pinkney.

According to police, Pinkney was threatening another man with a knife while he was detained. The third victim was not injured.

Law enforcement sources said it is believed that Pinkney also attacked another person 12 hours ago, and the initial attack occurred in the early morning of the 2nd. One witness said the suspect stabbed his friend in the neck before fleeing. The victim has been taken to hospital with injuries not in danger of life.

Police said Pinkney was a gang member with a long list of criminal records. Sources also revealed that he has been arrested 11 times since 2012 on a series of charges including robbery and assault. Pinkney was convicted of gang assault in 2015 and served two years in prison in four years in prison, according to records from the New York State Correctional Service.