Suspect in ‘unprovoked’ BART train stabbing arrested

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OAKLAND, California. – BART police have arrested Jovany Portades, the suspect in a stabbing that seriously injured a woman on a BART train Saturday morning.

The 34-year-old was arrested at Fruitvale Station on Sunday around 2 p.m. when a station officer spotted him and alerted BART authorities.

Authorities said the stabbing was “unprovoked.”

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The stabbing occurred Saturday aboard an Antioch-bound train as it approached the 24th and Mission Street Station in San Francisco.

The station was temporarily closed as police collected evidence.

The 54-year-old woman was last reported to be in serious condition when taken to a hospital.