Ramzy Abidi, 25, was arrested and booked on Thursday and charged with attempted murder in the first degree.
According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a home in southwest Knoxville in response to a stabbing incident at around 8:30 p.m. The victim, whose name has yet to be released, was apparently able to escape from the scene of the crime to a separate house some two miles away before the 911 call was made
A third party had apparently phoned in the attack and explained to sheriff’s deputies that the victim drove herself away from her assailant’s clutches. From the second house, she was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. There, hospital staff determined that she had been stabbed between 20 and 30 times.
The victim told authorities that she was sleeping in the basement of the first house when she awoke to find her boyfriend stabbing her. The implement allegedly used by Abidi has not yet been identified.
Local ABC affiliate WATE cited an arrest report which claims that the defendant and the victim were “dating” at the time of the attack.
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A third party had apparently phoned in the attack and explained to sheriff's deputies that the victim drove herself away from her assailant's clutches.
