A “white supremacist” stabbed an interracial couple outside a restaurant in Washington after he saw them kissing, police said.
Daniel Rowe, 32, allegedly pulled out a knife and attacked a black man and white woman during an unprovoked attack on Tuesday.
Both victims received minor injuries after the man was stabbed in the abdomen while the woman also received a knife wound.
Olympia police spokeswoman Laura Wohl said the injured 47-year-old man was able to chase the man and tackle him to the ground before police arrived to arrest him.
Police said the man confessed to the stabbing and claimed he was a white supremacist.
He had a number of racist tattoos, reported to be “Skinhead” and “White Power” and made derogatory statements about the Black Lives Matter movement, police said.
It has been reported Rowe approached the couple after he saw them kissing.
Rowe has been charged with with two counts of first degree assault and one count of malicious harassment, CNN reported.
The broadcaster said the 32-year-old had been booked into the Thurston County Jail and is being held on bail.
