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Witness describes 'bloodbath' at LA hospital, says bystanders shut stabbing suspect in storage room

LOS ANGELES — When Parham Saadat saw a bloodied man outside Encino Hospital Medical Center, his first thought was that the man was a patient seeking treatment. But then he realized the man was wearing scrubs, and there was no one around him rendering aid. Saadat and his coworker, who were leaving work at a nearby dental office, ran across the street to help the nurse. "He tells us, 'There's ...
A man, whom police identified as Ashkan Amirsoleymani, 35, was taken into custody Friday night on suspicion of stabbing two nurses and a doctor at Encino Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — When Parham Saadat saw a bloodied man outside Encino Hospital Medical Center, his first thought was that the man was a patient seeking treatment.

But then he realized the man was wearing scrubs, and there was no one around him rendering aid. Saadat and his coworker, who were leaving work at a nearby dental office, ran across the street to help the nurse.

"He tells us, 'There's somebody inside, a patient who stabbed me,'" Saadat said. "'And he's stabbing other people inside.'"

The patient, whom police identified as Ashkan Amirsoleymani, 35, was taken into custody

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