More charges coming in Mich. serial stabbings case; suspect so far jailed in just 1 case

More charges coming in serial stabbings probe

FLINT, Mich. — A prosecutor says he’s filing more charges against the man accused of one stabbing and suspected of many others in Michigan and two other states.

Prosecutor David Leyton has scheduled a news conference for Monday. Spokesman John Potbury declined to discuss the charges in advance.

Five men in the Flint, Mich., area were killed and nine others were injured in a series of stabbings between spring and early August.

So far, Elias Abuelazam (A’-boo-LAH’-zuhm) is charged in just one case, the attempted murder of a 26-year-old man. He was arrested last month while trying to travel to Israel.

Abuelazam also is a suspect in two stabbings and a hammer attack in Virginia and a stabbing in Ohio.

A message seeking comment was left for his lawyer.