A woman was stabbed and killed on a MARTA train at the Oakland City station around noon Saturday, according to MARTA police.

What happened: MARTA police were already patrolling the station when they got a report of a stabbing on a train. They arrested a suspect at the scene. Emergency medical workers also responded, but the woman died at the station.

What we know: Neither the woman who was killed nor the person arrested has been publicly identified. MARTA police are investigating. No motive has been released.

Service disruption: Rail service at Oakland City was shut down after the stabbing. Bus shuttles ran in place of trains at three nearby stations: Lakewood, Oakland City, and West End.

Second stabbing in a week: A man was stabbed multiple times at the Georgia State station on May 24. He survived. No one has been arrested in that case.

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B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.

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