4 girls stabbed in seemingly random attack at Massachusetts movie theater

Four girls, ages 9 to 17, were injured Saturday when someone stabbed them in an apparently random attack at a movie theater in Braintree, Massachusetts, police said.

A suspect was in custody following a vehicle pursuit that ended in Sandwich, Cape Cod, about 45 miles south of Braintree, the Braintree Police Department said in a news release.

The identity of the person was not available.

Braintree police described the attack on the AMC Braintree 10 theater complex as one that “appeared unprovoked.”

“He passed the ticket counter and entered one of the theaters without paying. Inside this theater he met four young women,” the police statement said. “Without saying anything and without any warning, he suddenly attacked and stabbed the four young females.”

The girls were transported to Boston area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Their exact conditions were not available.

The same driver may have been behind similar violence in Plymouth, less than 30 miles south of Braintree, police said.

No additional details were immediately available about the incident.

Police investigators reviewed security video and other evidence to zero in on a black SUV used by the suspect, Braintree police said. They also found a license plate number and released it to local authorities, the department said.

An SUV with that plate number was involved in a pursuit by Massachusetts State Police that ended in a crash, police said, and the suspect’s eventual arrest. It was unclear whether that person was injured in the crash.