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A South African employee aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, Norwegian Encore, was arrested on Tuesday after apparently going mad and stabbing three people.

According to reports, Ntando Sogoni was seen by his fellow crew mates acting “irrationally” and even tried to deploy the ship’s emergency lifeboat.

The 35-year-old was escorted to the medical centre for an ‘assessment’ by security, but once there, Sogoni allegedly flipped out and began stabbing people with a medical scissor. Sogoni “physically attacked” a security guard and entered an examination room where a 75-year-old American woman was being treated, stabbing her as well.

“He grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed the woman multiple times in the arm, hand and face,” prosecutors said in the release, adding, “He also stabbed two security guards who intervened—one in the head and one in the back and shoulders.”

Fortunately, none of the injuries were life-threatening.

After the alleged attack, Sogoni was detained and held in the ship’s jail before he was arrested by FBI agents when the ship docked in Juneau, Alaska.

Sogoni had recently been hired by the cruise line and joined the Encore team in Seattle on the day of the attack.

The Alaska U.S. Attorney’s Office said Sogoni is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon within maritime and territorial jurisdiction and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 (R4.6 million) fine for each count if convicted.

[source:abc]