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stabbing
A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it.
Stabbings today are common among gangs and in prisons because knives are cheap, easy to acquire (or manufacture), easily concealable and relatively effective. In 2013 about 8 million stabbings occurred.
The Pacific NorthWest metro cities are continuing their tradition of summer stabbings with the murder of a 26 year old man in Seattle. I am assuming he was not carrying as his group just left Ozzie’s Karaoke Bar, a gun free zone, and walked to Dick’s Drive-In for a bite to eat in Seattle’s Queen...
There seem to have been many recent stabbing incidents.
May 19. Federal Way (near Seattle). <broken link removed>
May 21. Portland. <broken link removed>
May 23. Corvallis. <broken link removed>
May 26. Portland. <broken link removed>
May 26. Kenmore (near Seattle)...