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"A University of Louisville student was stabbed after leaving a popular hangout spot for students.Louisville Metro Police are now looking for the man who attacked her while the university remains on edge.Mobile videoThe student is recovering at UofL Hospital and being stabbed during an attempted robbery Tuesday night.Her injuries are not life-threatening, but are severe enough that she needed surgery and will be in the hospital for at least the next few days.\"It's kind of disappointing that stuff like this does happen on or near campus. We should feel like this is our home,\" said Rachael Creger, a junior at UofL.On Wednesday, Creger received a safety bulletin sent to students alerting them that a fellow student was stabbed.\"She left by herself to go back to her vehicle when apparently an individual came up behind her and attempted to rob her,\" said LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell.The victim had just left the Cardinal Town area, a popular place for students, when a man approached her. She was held at knifepoint and forced to walk from the Family Scholar House on Lee Street to the intersection of Fifth and Hill streets.\"He took her back to a wooded area, which we believe is around the Sixth (Street) and Shipp (Avenue) area where she was stabbed,\" said Mitchell.The young woman was stabbed in the stomach. She was also cut in the neck area.UofL senior Durrell Whaley said he saw her Tuesday night along with the police presence in the area.\"I would hope that she is doing better. I hope she is doing well and everything works out for her, but I don't think she is doing too good right now,\" said Whaley.University police and Louisville Metro police are urging students to use precaution at night.\"A lot of it is just making sure that you are observant in terms of your surroundings, where you parked, where you are walking to,\" said UofL police Sgt. Aaron Graham.\"We always encourage people to, when you don't have to be by yourself, certainly don't do that,\" said Mitchell.University police has an escort service that students are urged to use when they feel unsafe.Anyone with information that could lead to an arrest in the case should call the LMPD anonymous tip line at 502-574-LMPD or university police at 502-852-6111.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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