A woman was repeatedly stabbed and nearly thrown over a railing in the lobby of the Miami International Airport late Saturday night, sending the travel hub into chaos, according to reports.
The horrific ordeal happened in the international greeters lobby, where the woman was attacked around 11:30 p.m., ABC reported, citing police. The as-yet unidentified woman is now in the hospital in critical condition.
“We want to assure the public that the situation is under control and the safety of our passengers, staff, and visitors remains our top priority,” airport officials said in a statement.
Authorities responded immediately, and the situation was swiftly contained, airport officials said.
During the apparently unprovoked attack, an adult man tried to throw the woman over a fourth floor railing, which overlooked the airport’s Concourse J, according to WPLG.
The woman was able to escape the man and flee to the third floor where she stayed until first responders arrived, according to a statement from police obtained by Boca News Now.
An male suspect was taken into custody by authorities and a knife was recovered nearby, according to the report.
A local Instagram account Only In Dade, which first reported the incident, said bystanders provided assistance to the injured woman until EMS arrived.
Video posted by the account shows police investigating in the airport’s lobby after the attack.
It was not revealed if the man or woman were travelers or airport employees and it is currently unclear why they were at the airport.
Authorities told BocaNewsNow the airport was then thrown into further confusion around the same time as the stabbing when police received reports of an active shooter at the airport, which turned out to be false.
Amid the confusion airport operations were “briefly disrupted” but have returned to normal, according to police.
The airport was already reeling from a shutdown on Friday caused by US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike deploying a faulty software update.
The overnight update to Microsoft Windows computers caused them to crash disrupting millions of businesses across the globe.
Miami International Airport was forced to cancel at least 44 flights and delay 169 others amid the wide-scale disruption, according to the Miami Herald.
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