Fairfax Man Was Robbed, Stabbed in Springfield Mall

A Fairfax County man was robbed and then stabbed inside Springfield Mall on Tuesday night, Fairfax police said Wednesday, but his injuries were not life-threatening.

Police said the man, who lives in the Springfield area, was sitting on a bench outside a store in the mall about 9:20 p.m. when he was approached by two men who demanded his wallet. The man handed over the wallet, and one of the suspects stabbed the man in the upper body. The victim was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital.

The man did not know his attackers, Officer Don Gothardt said, and investigators do not think the attack was gang-related. The suspects were described as a thin white man and a thin black man, both in their 20s and wearing black clothing.

Springfield Mall has suffered occasional spasms of violence, including the abduction last year of a woman from the mall parking lot, who was then driven to Prince William County and killed when her car crashed into a tree. One of her abductors also died and the other, Keith Baskerville, is awaiting trial in Prince William on a charge of first-degree murder.