Accused Of Stabbing Man At Grocery Store, Newton Man Indicted: DA

NEWTON, MA — In March a man walked into the Star Market in Auburndale and stabbed an older man, sending him to the hospital. The Middlesex County Grand Jury just indicted Matthew Muradov, 23, of Newton, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person over the age of 60 (2 counts). The indictment came as part of a list of Grand Jury indictments handed down between May 31 and June 28, 2018.

Police at the time said the stabbing of the 79-year-old Newton man was a random incident.

Muradov was arraigned in Newton District Court in March. According to a court clinician he had a history of mental illness and had been released from a psych ward in a hospital just three days before the Star Market stabbing.

"We do not believe the parties knew each other," said Lt. Bruce Apothekar at the time.

Catch up here:

• Newton Man Stabbed At Newton Grocery Store
• Man Charged In Star Market Stabbing Has Mental Illness

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