Serial-stabbing suspect charged in Toledo case

Associated Press

TOLEDO

A man suspected in a string of stabbings across three states was charged with attempted murder Friday in the stabbing of a church custodian in Ohio over the summer.

A grand jury indicted Elias Abuelazam and also charged him with felonious assault in the stabbing of Tony Leno, who was standing outside a church when a man asked for directions and then began stabbing him.

Leno survived the attack, and Abuelazam was arrested a few days later while trying to board a plane to Israel, his native country.