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Three stabbings, no one dead. Too bad they didn't have a guns, eh?

Three men were stabbed just before 8 p.m. Wednesday near Seattle's
Victor Steinbrueck Park, according to police. A short while later,
police arrested three possible suspects in the attack.

All three suspects had previous criminal records and were on active
Department of Corrections Supervision, according to Jeff Kappel,
Seattle Police spokesman.

One of the stabbing victims appeared to have life-threatening
injuries, Kappel said. The conditions of the other two were unknown
Wednesday night.

All three stabbing victims - two 20-year-olds and a 19-year-old - were
taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to Helen Fitzpatrick, a
spokeswoman for the Seattle Fire Department.

According to Kappel, at 7:47 p.m., police received a 911 call saying
people had been stabbed at Western Avenue and Virginia Street. There
were no suspects at the scene, he said.

Officers later found three men at the corner of Pine Street and Eighth
Avenue near the Paramount Theatre who were possible suspects, Kappel
said

One suspect, a 35-year-old man, had cut marks and injuries and was
taken to Harborview, Kappel said. The other suspects were a
35-year-old man and a 44-year-old man. Police recovered a knife and a
screwdriver from the suspects.

All three will be booked into the King County Jail for investigation
of assault or Department of Corrections violations, Kappel said.

Should knives be outlawed? What about rocks? you can cause some serious
damage with a rock!

You are much more likely to survive an attack via gun vs. an attack via
knife. There may not be as many attacks, but a lot more serious damage
is done with a large cutting implement.

This makes some sense, but I'd like to see some statistics. The problem is
the severity of gun attacks.. not too many mass killings with knives. With
a knife, it's up close and personal. With a gun, almost any distance is
possible.


....and there's always the chance you can outrun a whacko with a knife...not
so much for a bullet.