Norwegian cruise worker arrested in Alaska for allegedly stabbing 3 people onboard: report

The FBI has arrested a Norwegian cruise ship worker in Alaska after he allegedly stabbed three people with medical scissors whereas onboard, studies say. 

The suspect, recognized as Ntando Sogoni from South Africa, was lately employed by Norwegian and boarded its Encore cruise ship in Seattle on Sunday, the Juneau Empire newspaper studies, citing an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Matthew Judy. The ship left that day for a weeklong, round-trip excursion to Alaska with stops together with Glacier Bay National Park and Victoria, British Columbia.  

“According to court documents, on May 6, 2024, Ntando Sogoni, 35, was working on the cruise ship when other ship employees observed the defendant attempting to deploy a lifeboat,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska stated in a press release. “Sogoni was contacted by ship security and escorted to the ship’s medical center for an assessment. 

“Upon arrival, Sogoni bodily attacked a safety guard and a male nurse inside an examination room and proceeded to enter one other examination room the place a lady, who’s a U.S. citizen, was being examined,” the statement continued. “He grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed the girl a number of instances in the arm, hand and face. He additionally stabbed two safety guards who intervened — one in the pinnacle and one in the again and shoulders.” 

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A view of the Norwegian Encore cruise ship during its inaugural sailing from PortMiami in November 2019. The FBI arrested Ntando Sogoni when the ship docked on Tuesday in Juneau, Alaska. (Richard Tribou/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Sogoni, who officials say was detained in the ship’s jail, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday in Juneau, Alaska. 

He is now going through a cost of assault with a harmful weapon inside maritime and territorial jurisdiction. 

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The Norwegian Encore cruise ship is pictured in Miami, Florida, in March 2020. Sogoni recently was hired by Norwegian, the Juneau Empire newspaper reports, citing an affidavit filed by an FBI agent. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

If convicted, he faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine. 

Norwegian did not immediately respond to a request for comment from FOX Business. 

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The stabbing allegedly happened as the Norwegian Encore was sailing a round-trip journey from Seattle, Washington to Alaska. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)

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The alleged stabbing occurred because the ship was passing west of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, on the best way to Alaska, The Associated Press studies.