2 dead in stabbing at church in Northern California: police

Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-23 18:10:43|Editor: huaxia

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Police of U.S. Northern California city of San Jose reported that two people were killed and multiple others wounded in a stabbing at a church on Sunday night.

The incident took place at the Grace Baptist Church at 484 E. San Fernando Street near the university campus, leaving some of the stabbing victims with "life threatening injuries," the police department tweeted later on Sunday.

"No church services were being conducted at the time of the stabbing," it said, adding "unhoused individuals were brought into the church to get them out of the cold."

It was not clear what led to the stabbings, and so far there has been no confirmation of any arrest, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Police did not say whether the people brought into the church were involved in the attacks or whether church officials were among the victims, the report said. Enditem

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