Naked woman goes on stabbing, biting spree at Texas airport in 'manic episode'

The Texas airport witnessed chaotic scenes earlier this month after a woman stripped herself naked and went on a stabbing and biting spree in what police called a "manic episode". A video of the harrowing incident, which happened on March 14 at the Dallas Forth Worth Airport, has gone viral on social media.

The woman, identified as Samantha Palma, stabbed two airport staffers with a pencil and bit a restaurant manager, according to a report in the New York Post. In the two-minute video, she is also seen yelling and hurling abuse at the security personnel and throwing water around the premises.

The report said the woman was travelling with her eight-year-old daughter.

As an employee of an airport eatery tried to subdue her, the woman, who called herself goddess Venus, stabbed him in the head and face with a pencil. She also bit him in the forearm, the report said.

Her erratic behaviour didn't end at that. As a woman offered her a coat, Palma attempted to snatch it and dashed off, shouting "f**k you" maniacally as passengers gawked and recorded her on their phones.

She then went on to shatter a monitor at the airport and hurled her phone at another screen multiple times before hiding behind an emergency door. She was then taken into custody by security officials.

As the police handcuffed her, she told them she "wanted to be with the flowers" and was "in a forest".

During the interrogation, Palma told police that she didn't take her medication that day. Police, however, did not specify what type of medication she was taking.

The woman has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was detained at a mental health facility.