Two young women stabbed on MBTA bus
By Globe Staff
Two young women were stabbed on a Route 23 bus this afternoon in Dorchester, according to an MBTA spokesman.
The two women were taken to Boston Medical Center with what transit police described as non-life-threatening injuries, said Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Transit police have taken a male suspect into custody in connection with the stabbing, which occurred on Washington Street just before 2 p.m.
The man allegedly exposed himself to the two young woman before all three individuals boarded the bus in the Codman Square area, Pesaturo said in an e-mail. A verbal altercation followed on board the bus, and the man allegedly pulled a knife. The man was brought to the transit police headquarters for booking, Pesaturo said.
No additional information was released about the victims or the suspect. The stabbing occurred on Washington Street not far from the intersection of Columbia Road and Geneva Avenue.
In March, the Globe ran a front page story about an effort by 10 teenagers to improve safety on the Route 23 bus. A year earlier, 18-year-old Dwayne Graham was killed after someone boarded the bus and shot him in the head. To view a video taken on the bus for that story, click here.
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