Idaho police have arrested a man after a mass stabbing at a Boise apartment complex housing many refugee families. Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said nine individuals were taken to area hospitals, some with life-threatening injuries, following the Saturday night attack. "At this point we haven't lost anybody, but as I said the injuries are very serious," Bones said. The police have not yet discovered the attacker's motive. "It's a single evil individual who attacked," Bones said. "No provocation that we are aware of." "We haven't had anything involving this amount of victims in a single attack in Boise in the history of the department. Obviously it's something you hope never comes to your city. "He did come from out of state, but I don't know how long he's been in the city," Police Chief Bone added. ✕ Donald Trump attacks Angela Merkel for giving sanctuary to refugees Police received a report of a stabbing at 8:46pm, reaching the apartment complex within four minutes. They found victims in the parking lot and inside the apartment complex. Witnesses reported that the suspect had fled, and police arrested a 30-year-old man a short distance away. Investigators said they did not yet know if the suspect was connected to the victims in any way. 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Associated Press<doc-sep>Several families who had fled danger and violence overseas were enjoying a 3-year-old’s birthday party in Boise, Idaho, when the unthinkable happened: A man ran up and began chasing and stabbing the children, turning his knife on the adults who tried to intervene. The attack came Saturday night at a low-income apartment complex that is also home to refugee families from around the world. Nine people were injured, including the birthday girl and five other children ranging in age from 4 to 12. The most gravely injured were clinging to life Sunday evening, Boise Police Chief William Bones said. “The victims are some of the newest members of our community,” Bones said Sunday. “This was an attack against those who are most vulnerable.” The chaos began shortly before 8:46 p.m. Saturday, when police received a report of a man with a knife. They arrived less than four minutes later to find victims lying in the street, in the parking lot and inside the complex. Thirty-year-old Timmy Kinner was found and arrested a short distance away; investigators later found a knife believed to be used in the attack in a nearby canal. Members of refugee families from Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia were among the injured. Kinner, who is not a refugee, had been asked to leave the apartment complex Friday after staying there for a short time with a resident, Bones said. Kinner faces several felony charges, including aggravated battery and injury to a child. Bones did not know Sunday if Kinner had an attorney. “We have no specific evidence at this time to believe it was a hate crime,” Bones told reporters at a press conference Sunday, saying the victims may have simply been targeted because of where they were located on the property. Still, Bones said, the motive remains under investigation. Esrom Habte, 12, and Fathi Mahamoud, 11, were playing in the grass behind their apartment when the attack began. They ran for safety when they saw the suspect chasing people. “We saw a killer and didn’t want to get stabbed,” Esrom said. “We saw him saying, like, bad words and stabbing a kid and a grown-up really hard and a lot of times.” The two ran into an apartment and hid in a closet with Esrom’s two sisters and another child, and stayed inside until police told them it was safe to come out. “I saw the police cleaning stuff, and then I came outside,” Fathi said. He said the stabbing victims are his friends. The victims include members of three refugee families from Iraq, Ethiopia and Syria. The attack resulted in the most victims in a single incident in Boise Police Department history, the chief said. “The crime scene, the faces of the parents struggling, the tears coming down their faces, the faces of the children in their hospital beds will be something that I carry with me for the rest of my life, as will every first responder that night,” he said. Police believe Kinner had only been in Boise for a short time when he met a resident of the complex, who offered him a temporary place to stay. She asked him to leave on Friday because of his behavior. “I believe her perception was, ‘Here’s a helping hand I can give in return for a helping hand I have been given,’” Bones said. The woman was not among the victims, Bones said. The apartment complex is just off of one of Boise’s busier streets, separated from the traffic by one of the many irrigation canals that run through the city. On Sunday, colorful bouquets had been placed just outside the crime-scene tape. Residents of the apartments and the rest of the community were “reeling” from the violence, Bones said, and the victims will need long-term community support. “This isn’t something that gets over in the days or weeks that follow. ... The level of the some of the injuries will be life-altering in a very negative way,” Bones said. Mayor Dave Bieter condemned the stabbings. “Last night’s horrific attack does not represent Boise,” Bieter wrote. “Please join me in praying for the injured and their families. We must come together to condemn this vile act.” Megan Schwab, who works with the International Rescue Committee in Boise, said the organization was working to provide temporary housing, counseling and other support to those affected by the attack. A candlelight vigil was planned for Monday evening, and several organizations and individuals were launching fundraising campaigns to help cover the victims’ expenses. For some of the refugees living at the complex, the attack revived traumatic memories of the war and violence they had fled. The blood from the stabbings reminded Fathi’s mother, Thado Aip, of the terror she left in Somalia, an interpreter said on Sunday. Fathi stayed close by his mother’s side Sunday, at times sitting on the grass to lean against her legs as he watched the police at the crime scene.<doc-sep>6 children among 9 people stabbed at birthday party in random attack police chief calls 'pure evil' originally appeared on abcnews.go.com In an act of "pure evil," a knife-wielding man stormed a 3-year-old girl's birthday party at an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho, stabbing her, five other children and three adults -- all refugees who had fled violence in their homelands only to find it in America, police said. The man, whom police identified as Timothy Kinner, 30, was arrested in connection with the frenzied attack Saturday night. The suspect's motive was "vengeance" for being asked to leave an apartment in the complex due to his behavior, Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said during an emotional news conference Sunday afternoon. PHOTO: Boise Police investigate an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho, July 1, 2018, after a man went on a stabbing spree. (ABC News) "Our victims are some of the newest members of our community. They're victims from their past homes who have fled violence from Syria, Iraq, and Ethiopia," Bones said. He said there was no evidence this was a hate crime. The rampage occurred at the Wylie Street Station apartments, a low-income complex where many refugees have been settled. Bones said Kinner is from Los Angeles and had been invited to stay for a few days at the apartment of a renter who had shown him compassion, Bones said. But due to his disruptive behavior, Kinner was asked to leave the apartment on Friday, the chief said. "He returned last night to exact vengeance, not just on those whom he had been [staying] with because they were not at the apartment, but at any target that was available," Bones said. The stabbing spree unfolded around 8:46 p.m. when Kinner returned to the apartment where he had been staying and found nobody home, Bones said. "The tragedy was that a 3-year-old little girl was having a birthday party just a few doors down from where Kinner had been staying," Bones said. "Kinner attacked, targeting the children initially. The 3-year-old girl, whose birthday it was, was one of those seriously injured." Story continues PHOTO: Timmy Kinner, 30, is pictured in this booking photo, July 1, 2018. (Ada County Sheriff's Office) He said Kinner then proceeded to allegedly stab other children attending the birthday party, two 4-year-olds, a 6-year-old, an 8-year-old and a 12-year-old. He then allegedly knifed three adults who tried to stop the attack, Bones said. "Our suspect is a man with an extensive criminal record spanning multiple states, who has spent time in prison, and whose past criminal violations do include violence against others," Bones said. "He is an American. He's not a refugee." As part of former President Barack Obama's refugee resettlement program of 2012, Boise has become a magnet for refugees from far-flung parts of the world. Boise Mayor Dave Bieter said the attack "does not represent Boise" and he asked citizens of the community to keep the victims in their prayers. "Our city has long stood as a welcoming city -- a place of safety and kindness for those fleeing violence and oppression in their homelands," Bieter said in a statement Sunday. "The senseless acts of one disturbed person does not change that. As Boiseans, we come together not only to condemn this vile act, but also to embrace those among us seeking refuge from tyranny, suffering and war. It is who we are and who we will continue to be." Last night’s horrific attack does not represent Boise. Please join me in praying for the injured and their families. We must come together to condemn this vile act. — Mayor Dave Bieter (@MayorBieter) July 1, 2018 Kinner was on Sunday being held on nine counts of aggravated battery and six counts of injury to a child, police said. PHOTO: Boise Police investigate at an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho on July 1, 2018, where a man went on a stabbing spree the night before. (ABC News) Four of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, police said. "My deepest thanks go to the medical team that pulled off the miracle to make sure that each of those faces has seen this morning's sunrise," Bones said of the wounded. "Lives do remain in danger. Some of the victims will be forever scarred by the medical injuries that they have received. They received life-changing injuries." Bones said the victims were randomly targeted and had no prior connection of Kinner. PHOTO: The scene at an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho, on July 1, 2018, where a man went on a stabbing spree the night before. (ABC News) He said police arrived at the scene within four minutes after receiving calls of a man with a knife attacking victims at the apartment complex. He said Kinner was found walking away from the complex and arrested without a struggle. (MORE: First of 8 alleged gang members indicted in fatal mistaken identity stabbing) (MORE: Cal Poly Pomona safety officer stabbed to death, suspect shot and killed) The officers found the stabbing victims in the apartment where the birthday party had been occurring and in the parking lot. All nine victims were taken to a local hospital, and one seriously injured child was flown to a Salt Lake City trauma center for treatment. PHOTO: Boise Police respond to a stabbing spree at an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho, June 30, 2018. (ABC News) Officers located 9 victims. Victims include members of the refugee community. Officers are still investigating why the suspect targeted these individuals. — Boise PD (@BoisePD) July 1, 2018 "The faces of the parents struggling, the tears coming down their faces, the faces of the children in the hospital beds will be something that I'll carry with me for the rest of my life as will every first responder that was there last night," Bones said. "This was an attack against those who are most vulnerable, our children. It's untenable. It's unconscionable. It's pure evil in my mind."<doc-sep>A knife-wielding attacker stormed into a 3-year-old's birthday party and slashed nine people at an Idaho apartment complex that provides housing to refugees, Boise police said Sunday. Six of the victims were ages 3-12, and the others were adults, Police Chief William Bones said. Four of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, he said, and some injuries will be "life-altering." Bones said officers were called to the Wylie Street Station Apartments on Saturday night and quickly found the suspect not far from the site of the attack. Timmy Kinner, 30, was arrested without further incident, police said. Kinner, of Los Angeles, was booked into the Ada County Jail on nine counts of aggravated battery and six counts of injury to a child. "Last night’s horrific attack does not represent Boise," Mayor Dave Bieter said Sunday. "Please join me in praying for the injured and their families. We must come together to condemn this vile act." More:Capital Gazette gunman constantly harassed journalists on Twitter. More:After Capital Gazette shooting, Rob Reiner says 'The media's under attack' The victims, who included members of the refugee community, were found in the parking lot and inside the complex. Bones said investigators were trying to determine why the suspect targeted them. "It's a community within our community," Bones said. "We had children from different continents sitting at a small child's birthday party." Kinner, who has a criminal record, has not been cooperative with investigators, Bones said. Kinner is not a refugee but had been a temporary resident of the apartments until he was asked to leave Friday. Bones did not say why Kinner was kicked out, but he echoed Bieter's assurances that the crime in no way reflects on the attitudes of the city's 220,000 people in a metropolitan area dubbed "Treasure Valley." "This incident is not a representation of our community but a single evil individual who attacked people without provocation that we are aware of at this time," Bones said. The knife used in the stabbing was discarded before his arrest, and police searched the complex and a nearby canal for the weapon. Bones said the number of victims was the most in a single incident in city history. Counselors were assisting the families, he said. "Our hearts go out to the victims who are in the hospital," Bones said. "Please keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers." The attack came a few hours after and 3 miles from a "Families Belong Together" immigration rally at the State Capitol that drew thousands of protesters. The apartment complex, minutes away from downtown, provides HUD-certified, low-income housing in one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Northwest Real Estate Capital Corp., which operates the apartments, specializes in the property management and rehabilitation of HUD/Section 8 housing. The Idaho Office for Refugees, which opened in the 1970s to help resettle people fleeing the overthrow of U.S.-supported governments in Southeast Asia, says recent refugee arrivals to Idaho include large numbers from Iraq, Congo, Burma, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Somalia. Bones said residents of the Wylie Street Station complex are a tight-knit community. "It's affected all aspects of the families within the apartment buildings," Bones said. "As you can imagine, the witnesses in the apartment complex along with the rest of our community are reeling from this attack."<doc-sep>
(CNN) — Timmy Kinner wanted revenge for being kicked out of an Idaho apartment complex, police say. So Kinner attacked a 3-year-old’s birthday party at the complex, which houses refugees, and stabbed nine people, including six children, Boise Police Chief William Bones said Sunday. Kinner has been charged with nine counts of aggravated battery and six counts of injury to a child, Bones said. Four victims have life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Six are between 3 and 12 years old. They were “some of the newest members of our community,” Bones said, and included refugees from Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia. Boise Police Department Timmy Kinner has been charged with nine counts of aggravated battery and six counts of injury to a child. Kinner is not a refugee and is from Los Angeles, police said. Police said that an unnamed resident was allowing Kinner to stay there, but asked him to leave because of “his behavior.” “As you can imagine, the witnesses in the apartment complex – along with the rest of our community – are reeling from this attack,” the police chief said. “This incident is not a representation of our community, but a single evil individual who attacked people without provocation that we are aware of at this time.” Police said there is no indication the stabbing was a hate crime. The FBI is assisting with the investigation. “Last night’s horrific attack does not represent Boise,” Mayor Dave Bieter tweeted. “Please join me in praying for the injured and their families. We must come together to condemn this vile act.” An official from the International Rescue Committee praised Boise for its support of refugees. “It is heartbreaking that adults and children who fled the horror of war and conflict to find safety in America had to experience violence all over again,” Hans Van de Weerd, vice president of US programs, said in a statement. Victims were in parking lot and apartments Police responded to a call of a man with a knife at 8:46 p.m. (10:46 p.m. ET) and arrived at the apartment complex four minutes later, Bones said. “Officers located the suspect almost immediately, took the suspect into custody at gunpoint,” he said. Police found the victims in apartments and the parking lot. “You can imagine this is a very tight-knit community here in this apartment complex,” Bones said Saturday night. “We haven’t had anything involving this amount of victims in a single attack in Boise in the history of the department,” he said. “Obviously, it’s something you hope never comes to your city.” CNN’s Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan and Tony Marco contributed to this report.