Pregnant Victim of Butt Slasher Speaks Out

The first victim of the told NBC4 on Thursday she did not even know she was cut at first, and that a stabbing can happen any place.

The 20 year old was about five months pregnant last Feburary when she was stabbed at Fair Oaks Mall.

“Just because it’s happening in the mall, it can happen anywhere,” the victim told NBC4.  “Anytime, anyplace, to anybody.”

The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said  after a long day of shopping, she was carrying her bags alone toward an exit. When she approached the door, she saw a reflection of a man following her about 30 feet back.

“I’m pushing the door open, and then all of sudden, he’s right there behind me, and I felt a pinch on my bottom and I thought he just grabbed me and I was like, ‘Hey, you just cut my leggings,’ and he was like, ‘No, no, no. It was my bag.’ He was carrying a little, yellow bag,” the victim said.

When she touched the wound, her hand became covered in blood.

Similar incidents have happened at Fair Oaks, Tysons Corner and Greenbriar Shopping Center since then. The most recent event was on Monday, when a woman was stabbed at the Forever 21 store at Fair Oaks.

Read the rest of the NBC4 story here.