attacker

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A video widely circulated online showed a number of people, including one wielding a hurling stick, confronted the attacker until police officers arrived at the scene.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Prosecutors asked for a 30-year sentence, but federal Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced the attacker to eight years in prison, about what the defense sought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Alex added they had "no regrets about that at all" because it meant police had an almost picture-perfect description of the attacker.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The owner of another horse, Detail, wrote in a Facebook post that the alleged attacker was a “crazy obsessed stalker who has been following me on social media for a long time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

In Elmira, New York, John Surratt read accounts that mistakenly identified him as Seward’s attacker!

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson