18-Year-Old BART Passenger Brutally Stabbed And Killed In Attack

Source: Yiming Chen / Gett
A community is mourning after 18-year-old Oakland resident Nia Wilson was brutally killed while riding the train last night with her sister. The tragedy occurred around 9:45pm PST at the MacArthur Station stop on the BART line.
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Agency spokesperson Jim Allison told press the injured sibling was taken to the hospital and treated. The suspect fled the scene. Witnesses describe the assailant as a heavy set white man in his 20s or 30s. While the official motive for the attack is unknown, some social media users are calling the tragedy race-motivated violence.
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Nia’s father spoke out in grief about the devastating moment he saw his daughter’s lifeless body at the station. “I want justice for my daughter,” he cried.
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