DETECTIVES were yesterday hunting a man who abducted a motorist at knifepoint and stabbed her as she escaped.
The victim is in a stable condition in hospital after her ordeal in the Cathcart area of Glasgow on Sunday night.
The attacker got into the woman's bronze Vauxhall
Tigra car at 11pm as she was parked in Rhannan Road while making a call on her mobile phone.
The man, brandishing a knife, forced the 39-year-old victim to drive, but after a short distance she managed to get out of the car in Clarkston Road. The man tried to stop her and stabbed her before driving off in the car.
The woman, who has not been named, made her way to a nearby Safeway store where she was given help and police were called. She was taken by ambulance to the city's Victoria Infirmary.
Police refused to reveal the extent of the woman's injuries.
Detective Sergeant Thomas Mackay, who is leading the hunt, said officers had recovered the woman's car.
''The victim ran from the car towards the nearby bus stop where a man, dressed in light clothing and carrying a rucksack, pointed her in the direction of Safeway, where she managed to get help,'' he said.
''A red car driven by a woman, heading in the Clarkston direction, slowed down but drove off without stopping. I am very keen to speak to either of these people as they might have information that will help us.''
The attacker was about 5ft 11in, with short dark hair. He was clean-shaven and wearing glasses and dark clothing.
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