Woman Stabbed on UCLA Campus – UPDATED

A woman student was stabbed multiple times and slashed across the throat on Thursday in science lab on the UCLA campus.

Her condition, listed as critical on Thursday, is now stable according to police. Another student was arrested.

According to FOX 11 News the victim staggered across the hall where a TA immediately applied pressure to her wounds to slow the bleeding.

Andrew Blankstein has a very detailed report.

Here is the beginning:

Students in a UCLA chemistry lab watched helplessly Thursday afternoon as a classmate suddenly slashed the neck of a fellow student, causing serious injuries.

The attack occurred just past noon on the sixth floor of Young Hall, prompting swift police mobilization and leaving students shaken by the violence as word spread across campus.

One witness inside the lab told The Times that the alleged assailant, a 20-year-old male student in the class, walked up to the 20-year-old female victim and appeared to repeatedly punch her. The witness said he realized it was more serious when she slumped over, bleeding profusely from her neck.

Police have booked Damon D. Thompson on suspicion of attempted murder.

Another student, Woojin Lee, was waiting with a friend near the lab when he heard screams and crying.

“I thought somebody blew themselves up with chemicals,” Lee said. “Some of the students in that room were covered with blood on their coats and latex gloves. I saw her neck; the [teacher’s assistant] was trying to help her.”

“It was horrifying because she was a fellow student and a partner,” Lee added. “Something happens at a prestigious university like UCLA, it seems unbelievable.”

The woman was stabbed multiple times. Some student witnesses said there was an argument before the stabbing occurred.

A suspect was arrested on campus.