The FBI has arrested a Norwegian cruise ship worker in Alaska after he allegedly stabbed three people with medical scissors while onboard, reports say.

The attack involving medical scissors unfolded May 6 after the worker, a 35-year-old South African man, was caught trying to deploy a lifeboat from a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska.

The worker stabbed a woman and two guards who tried to intervene before being subdued and held in a "shipboard jail," the affidavit says.

On Tuesday, a South African man working on a Norwegian Encore cruise ship was arrested by the FBI after he allegedly attacked three people with medical scissors.

According to court documents, the 35-year-old man from South Africa used scissors to stab a passenger and two security officers.

A Norwegian Cruise Line employee is in custody for allegedly stabbing multiple people with scissors during an Alaska cruise. FBI agents arrested the worker Tuesday as the ship docked in Juneau.

The FBI says it has arrested a cruise ship worker in Juneau, Alaska after he allegedly stabbed three people onboard with scissors, including ship security.