Suspect in ‘unprovoked’ stabbing on BART train arrested

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OAKLAND, California – BART police have arrested Yovani Portades, the suspect in the stabbing of a woman on a BART train Saturday morning.

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

Authorities said the stabbing was “unprovoked.”

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

The station was temporarily closed as police gathered evidence.

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