Woman hospitalized after being stabbed at Metro station in West Athens, authorities say

WEST ATHENS, Calif. (KABC) -- A woman was hospitalized after she was stabbed at a Metro station in West Athens Monday night, authorities said. The incident is one of two attacks on the transit system to happen within hours of each other.

The stabbing was reported around 9 p.m. on the west side of the Vermont/Athens station, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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It's unclear what led up to the stabbing, but it reportedly happened inside an elevator. Video shows deputies looking inside an elevator that was cordoned off by crime scene tape.

The woman was taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Authorities said the suspect was last seen going westbound on the train toward Hawthorne. Investigators are still working to identify the suspect.

Metro riders call the incidents "unsettling."



"It's definitely unsettling," said Amanda McGuire. "The fact that I am a woman too, it's just unfortunate ... the things that all people have to face, especially women. Unfortunately, we are more of a target."
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A few hours before the woman was stabbed, police were called to another stabbing involving juveniles on a Metro bus that was traveling through Glendale.

The incident happened around 7 p.m. Monday and initially started as a reported robbery, according to the Glendale Police Department.

The juvenile victim, whose exact age or identity has not been released, was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

"It's bad for some people who have to go through and experience that," said another rider.
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Additional details about the stabbing were not available, but authorities said two juvenile suspects were arrested. A third suspect remained outstanding Tuesday morning.



The stabbings are the latest in a string of violence on Metro stations, buses and trains.



Just last week, a man was shot and killed near the Vermont-Sunset station in East Hollywood after stabbing a security guard.