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Two women aged 22 and 26 were brutally killed by a 39-year-old man with a 12-inch-long knife in a daring attack in Plaza Hollywood on Friday.

The horrible assault took place around 5 pm today when the two women were shopping on the third floor of the Diamond Hill Mall. According to security camera footage, the 39-year-old assailant suddenly stabbed one of the women from the back outside a cosmetic shop.

The woman who got stabbed in her waist immediately collapsed but the man didn’t stop and kept stabbing the woman who was sitting on the floor. The woman’s friend nearby then pushed the man away into the shop and tried to retreat with the injured woman. Yet, the man got up already and charged at the duo again.

The injured woman collapsed again as she was dragged away by her friend, leaving behind a long trail of blood.

The man then swung the knife to scare off the woman’s friend, pinned the woman on the ground and continued his stabbing, targeting her main body. As the man finally stopped his stabbing, he turned and started chasing the woman’s friend.

The 26-year-old woman was certified dead on the spot. The 22-year-old woman was rushed to United Christian Hospital but was eventually pronounced dead later.

Police officers in protective vests and carrying shields later arrived at the mall as they pinned the man on the ground and cuffed his hands to arrest him.

The mall was later closed and police listed the case as murder.

Police are still investigating the suspect’s motive.