2 separate stabbings reported at or near LA Metro stations within hours

LOS ANGELES - One man was arrested Saturday in connection with a stabbing  on an LA Metro Red Line train earlier this week.

The attack occurred at the Metro Hollywood/Western Station just before 5 p.m. Thursday. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the suspect and the victim got into an argument on a train. The suspect, later identified as 27-year-old Alex Garcia of Los Angeles, took out a knife and slashed the victim across the abdomen. The victim got off the train and flagged down a bystander to help him. He was taken to the hospital and immediately went into surgery. As of Saturday, he's still in the hospital in stable condition.

The LAPD said they believe Garcia stayed on the train.

The attack caused a brief interruption in service on the Red Line, but all trains were back operating on a normal schedule later Thursday, according to LA Metro.

Garcia was arrested Saturday and faces an attempted murder charge. He's being held on $1 million.

A second attack happened later Thursday, at about 8:20 p.m.. A man stabbed someone multiple times in the neck and back at 600 S. Alvarado Street, the LAPD said. That victim was stabbed while traveling to the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station. He was taken to the hospital while conscious and still breathing, but his condition was unknown.

Officials do not believe the attacks are connected, and are still searching for the second attacker.