The man arrested in connection to multiple stabbings in the Chinatown-International District appeared in court Saturday for his first appearance hearing. According to a press release from a spokesperson with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Saturday afternoon,

A suspect was arrested after a series of stabbings in Seattle's Chinatown-International District, leaving the community on high alert.

Police believe one person was responsible for nine stabbings since Thursday morning. They were taken into custody Friday afternoon.

A man has been arrested in connection with a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle, in which nine people were injured – five of them on Friday afternoon, police said. “This incident was apparently one individual over a 38-hour period of time committing random assaults,

Mayor Bruce Harrell addresses safety in Seattle's CID with patrols, clean-ups, CCTV, and collaborations for crime deterrence and accountability.

Around 2 p.m. on Friday, a man reportedly stabbed five people in the Chinatown-International District around 10th Avenue South and South Jackson Street. Officers arrested the man and recovered a knife near the scene. "The suspect was arrested without incident," Barden said.

Police are investigating after a 52-year-old woman was stabbed eight times in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District Thursday morning.

Four people were immediately transported to a local hospital in the area, and one was treated and released on scene, according to an X post by the department. All four victims were in "critical condition,