By Ingrid Bachmann
José Raúl Arriaga, a journalist for Univisión Radio in Puerto Rico, was stabbed between 14 and 18 times early on Sept. 7 in the town of Corozal, reported El Nuevo Día. The 37-year-old journalist was taken to the hospital, where he was stable and alert, added Primera Hora.
According to PYSN Notiicias, authorities detained an 18-year-old suspect who admitted to being responsible for the attack. The motive behind the stabbing is unknown, but preliminary information suggests that the suspect knew Arriaga.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
