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Details released after SLC TRAX stabbing, arrest

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 5, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — More details have been released after a stabbing Friday on the TRAX blue line in Salt Lake City. An arrest document for Samuel Mesquita, 25, says a Utah Transit Authority Police officer was summoned to a platform at 650 S.

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