A 27-year-old woman was stabbed in the chest by a lunatic at a Chicago train station Saturday night — nearly three months after Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was murdered by a pocket knife-wielding madman on Charlotte’s light rail system.
The assailant was walking along the UIC-Halsted Blue Line platform near the University of Illinois Chicago around 11:14 p.m. when he pulled a large knife from his backpack, approached the straphanger sitting on a bench and plunged it into her chest, according to the Chicago Police Department.
The violent brute then ran off, heading north on South Morgan Street.
The woman sustained a laceration to the chest and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, police said.
Police are now on the hunt for the armed suspect, who was last seen wearing a pink beanie, gray hooded jacket, orange sweatshirt, light blue jeans, white shoes and carrying a gray backpack.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area 3 Detectives at (312) 744-8261 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com.
The vicious stabbing comes after 34-year-old career criminal Decarlos Brown Jr. allegedly fatally gutted Zarutska, 23, three times, including once in the neck, with a pocket knife in an unprovoked attack on the Lynx Blue Line train in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 22.
Brown, a homeless schizophrenic, was swiftly arrested and indicted last month for violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death.
The federal charges make the disturbed felon eligible for the death penalty.
Saturday’s shocking attack also occurred just hours after an illegal Mexican immigrant allegedly opened fire on Border Patrol agents in Chicago — as chaos erupted with agitators hurling bricks at the feds.
The shooter, who was not identified, allegedly drove up alongside agents during an immigration raid in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood and fired a few rounds before speeding off in a Jeep, officials said.
No injuries were reported as cops worked to track down the gunman, who they said has a lengthy rap sheet.
Several violent clashes have occurred between federal agents and angry protesters since Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month launched “Operation Midway Blitz” in the Windy City.
The initiative aims to “target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Governor [JB] Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets,” the department announced in an X post.
CBP agents have made about 1,500 arrests in the Chicago area since Sept. 16, according to internal DHS statistics, obtained by CBS News.
The same figures show Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have made roughly 1,400 arrests.
