Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are looking for the attacker who robbed and stabbed a man on a Metro bus in what investigators are calling a hate crime.

The incident occurred in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South Los Angeles shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday near South Figueroa and West 80th streets.

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Police said the attacker said something to the victim about being Hispanic then stole his necklace and stabbed him before getting off the bus and taking off.

The victim was transported to the hospital and remains in stable condition.

No further details were immediately available.

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