A Norwegian cruise ship employee was arrested after stabbing three passengers with medical scissors during a trip to Alaska, according to the New York Post.
Ntando Sogoni, a 35-year-old man from South Africa who had just been hired by Norwegian, was arrested by the FBI last Sunday.
The ship he worked for was scheduled to make a week-long excursion to Alaska with stops in British Columbia.
According to court documents, on the day of the event, ship employees observed the defendant attempting to deploy a lifeboat.
Ntando Sogoni was contacted by ship security and escorted to the ship’s medical center for evaluation.
“Upon arrival, he physically assaulted a security guard and a nurse in an exam room and entered another exam room where an American woman was being examined,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska in a press release.
“He grabbed a pair of scissors, stabbing the woman several times in the arm, hand and face,” said the prosecutor. He also stabbed two security guards who intervened: one in the head and one in the back.
Ntando Sogoni, who was arrested on Tuesday, faces a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, a charge falling under maritime and territorial jurisdiction.
If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
