Suspect Arrested in Cleaver Attack on BART Train

A suspect wielding a cleaver allegedly attacked and robbed a man on a BART train Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Charles Johnson, 24, is suspected of stabbing a 25-year-old man with a "cleaver-style knife" who was trying to run away from him on the Antioch-bound train, according to a statement from BART Interim Chief of Police Kevin Franklin.

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Johnson, of San Francisco, got off the train at the West Oakland BART station and was allegedly fleeing with the victim's backpack when he was arrested about 1 p.m., Franklin said.

The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Officers recovered the weapon and the victim's backpack.

Johnson will be booked at Santa Rita jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and probation violation.

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