Correction to This Article
An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the quadrant in which the stabbing occurred. It happened in Southeast.

Police Seek Man in Capitol Hill Stabbing

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By Theola Labbé-DeBose
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 10, 2008; 3:35 PM

D.C. police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who stabbed a woman early Tuesday after breaking into her home on Capitol Hill.

Police said the man broke into a residence in the 500 block of 14th Street SE just after midnight. The woman was stabbed after confronting the intruder, police said. She is recovering at a hospital.

The assailant was wearing light-colored pants and a black hooded sweatshirt, police said. They asked anyone with information to call authorities at 202-727-9099 or send details by text message to 50411.



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