Police say they know who stabbed nine people at an Idaho apartment complex that houses refugees -- but the motive remains a mystery.
Suspect Timmy Kinner, 30, faces nine counts of aggravated battery and six counts of injury to a child for the Saturday night attack, Boise police said.
Suspect Timmy Kinner is not a refugee but lived temporarily at the complex, police said.
Four of the victims from are suffering life-threatening injuries, authorities said. And six of the nine victims are children.
"The suspect's exact motives and reasons for attacking specific individuals is still under investigation," police said Sunday.
Kinner is not a refugee and is from Los Angeles, police said. They said early evidence shows he was a temporary resident at the apartment complex until he was asked to leave on Friday.
The stabbing victims included members of Boise's refugee community, Police Chief William Bones said. He said some of the injuries are "very, very serious."
"As you can imagine, the witnesses in the apartment complex -- along with the rest of our community -- are reeling from this attack," the police chief said.
"This incident is not a representation of our community, but a single evil individual who attacked people without provocation that we are aware of at this time."