Border Patrol agent stabbed, suspect killed near Nogales

NOGALES, Ariz. - A Border Patrol agent has been hospitalized after being stabbed by a suspect near Nogales in southern Arizona.

According to officials, an agent on foot stopped a group of suspected undocumented immigrants east of Nogales on Sept. 21 and one of those people stabbed the agent several times.

The agent shot and killed the suspect after being stabbed.

The agent was flown to a Tucson hospital where he was treated and released.

The FBI is investigating the matter. The agency and the Border Patrol didn’t immediately respond to requests seeking more details, including the identities of the agent and the person killed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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