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From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>
Man Says Snub Led to NYC Stabbings
By TOM HAYS
Associated Press Writer
July 17, 2006, 11:09 PM EDT
NEW YORK -- A man accused of stabbing two tourists walking in Manhattan's
theater district told investigators he was angry because they snubbed him when
he tried to talk to them, according to a police report.
"Yeah, those white girls. ... They don't want to talk to anybody, so I went
after them," Kenny Alexis told investigators, according to the report made
public Monday at his arraignment.
Alexis, 20, a Haitian in this country on a student visa, pleaded not guilty
Monday to attempted murder and assault on the two Canadian tourists and two
other victims during a 13-hour rampage last month. He was being held without
bail pending the results of psychiatric tests to determine if he is fit to
stand trial.
Defense attorney Candace Kurtz would not comment. She has said she believes
Alexis was mentally ill.
Alexis told investigators that while riding a subway June 13 he noticed a man
looking at him and sensed the man was "out to get him," the report said. The
report said Alexis admitted stabbing him.
About 12 hours later, he stabbed a New York resident on a subway station
platform because he "felt threatened," the report said.
A short time after that, he approached the two Canadians. The defendant "was
upset that they wouldn't talk to him so he quickly followed behind them" and
stabbed each in the back, the report said.
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