Aide to Republican Senator Rand Paul was “brutally attacked in broad daylight” in Washington DC over the weekend

City police officers responded to a stabbing in the north-eastern suburbs of DC at 5:17pm on Saturday, finding the victim collapsed and bleeding from multiple knife wounds, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
A police report seen by The Independent names the victim as Phillip Todd, a staffer on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, of which Mr Paul is the chief Republican member.
Officers arrested a 42-year-old man named Glynn Neal in connection with the incident, charging him with assault with intent to kill. Mr Todd was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
“This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington DC,” said Mr Paul on Monday.
“I ask you to join [my wife] Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions.
“We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery.”
The MPD’s report says that Mr Todd was walking down the street with a companion when the attacker “popped out” from a corner where he was hiding and stabbed him without warning.
Mr Todd was able to grab the attacker’s arms and both of them fell to the ground, grappling, before escaping down the street with his companion while the attacker ran off in the opposite direction.
Fox 5 DC also reported that Mr Neal had just been released from prison the day before the stabbing, after a 12-year sentence for using threats to force two North Carolina women into prostitution.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rand-paul-staff-senator-stabbed-attacked-washington-b2309098.html