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Elias Abuelazam faces charge in Ohio
Posted: 10.08.2010 at 4:54 PM
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(AP) -- TOLEDO, Ohio - A Michigan man suspected in a string of stabbings across three states has been charged with stabbing a church custodian in Ohio. Read related stories.

A grand jury in Toledo indicted Elias Abuelazam on Friday.

He's charged with felonious assault and attempted murder in the stabbing of Tony Leno who was standing outside a Toledo church in August when a man asked him for directions and then began stabbing him.

Leno survived the attack, and Abuelazam was arrested a few days later while trying to board a a plane for Israel.

He also faces one murder charge and five attempted murder charges in Michigan.

Five men were killed and nine injured in a series of stabbings in the Flint, area. He's also suspected in four attacks in Virginia.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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