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A psychology professor at USC was stabbed to death inside a campus building late yesterday afternoon, the second American campus stabbing incident in a week.

Victim Bosco Tjan of the school’s Dornsife Cognitive Neuroimaging Center had been with the school since 2001.

The Los Angeles Times reports the attack was not random — Tjan was the intended target:

Tjan was stabbed in the chest, authorities said. The suspect, whose name was not released, is a man in his 20s, police said. He was apprehended at the scene and was taken into custody without resistance.

“We want to make clear this was not a random act,” [LAPD Detective Meghan] Aguilar said. “This victim was targeted by the suspect.”

Tjan was stabbed in the chest, authorities said. The suspect, whose name was not released, is a man in his 20s, police said. He was apprehended at the scene and was taken into custody without resistance.

“We want to make clear this was not a random act,” Aguilar said. “This victim was targeted by the suspect.”

Earlier in the day, USC sent out a campuswide alert about the police activity on campus. “No danger to USC or the community,” the text said. “Stay away from area.”

CBS News reports the stabbing was the result of a “personal dispute.” It also notes this is the third deadly attack against Asians near USC in four years: Last year a grad student was beaten to death, and in 2012 a pair of Chinese graduate students were shot to death in their car.

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