Police arrested a man accused of attacking his mother and others in a Stamford apartment complex early Tuesday morning.
Stamford Police Department's Patrol Division received a report at 3:30 a.m. that a man was attacking people in the hallway at a 1633 Washington Boulevard apartment building. When officers arrived, they found a 48-year-old man holding the assault suspect, Edward Saarel, 50, to the ground, police said.
Patrol officers handcuffed Saarel. Further investigation revealed that he was staying in his elderly mother's apartment in the building when an argument ensued and he attacked her and threw her to the ground, police said. Then he pulled the fire alarm to get people out of their apartments and stabbed a woman with a corkscrew and steak knife as residents evacuated, yelling "I know you did it," police said.
Saarel went into the lobby and began screaming at the 48-year-old man and stabbed him in the abdomen. The victim wrestled him to the ground and knocked the steak knife from his hand, police said. He was able to detain him until officers arrived.
Police seized the knife and corkscrew from the scene and the department's identification bureau was called to "process many bloody scenes."
The woman and the 48-year-old man was transported to Stamford Hospital for treatment, as well as Saarel's mother, who has since been released.
Police searched Saarel's mother's apartment and found it in "a deplorable state." They notified social services and the health department.
