Stabbed Woman Doesn’t Notice Knife

DARBY, Pa. (AP) _ A 62-year-old woman was stabbed Friday as she walked to a grocery store, but she didn’t notice the knife sticking out of her back until after she had gone shopping and returned home, police said.

The woman, whose name was not released, apparently thought her attacker had only punched her, police said. No one in the store said anything to her, even though a surveillance camera showed the woman pushing a cart with the knife clearly visible.

She was in fair condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday morning. Her daughter had noticed the knife when she returned home and removed it, police said.

Police said there seemed to be no motive for the attack. The woman was walking from her home in Colwyn at about 6:50 a.m. when a man attacked her, Police Chief Robert F. Smythe said.

``She thought he punched her,″ Smythe said. ``He stabbed her. No rhyme or reason.″

The victim was not robbed and the suspect ran away, police said. The woman then continued on her errand.

``She walked up to the Acme market and did her shopping with a knife lodged in her back,″ Smythe said.