Overview

• The search focuses on a 20-year-old Syrian accused of inflicting a facial knife wound on the victim.
• Investigators report they checked several possible locations in recent days without locating the suspect.
• A 21-year-old Syrian, described as significantly involved, has been in pretrial detention since Tuesday after an initial brief release.
• The U.S. victim, about 20 years old, sustained a deep cut to the face and was never in life-threatening danger, according to police.
• The incident occurred in the night to Sunday while the tram was stopped, after the American intervened when two men allegedly harassed women on board.