SEATTLE – A 37-year-old man who police say stabbed five people in Seattle in broad daylight Friday and possibly four more the day before made his first court appearance Saturday, where a judge ordered him held on bond of 2 million dollars.

“The people who live and travel in Chinatown-International District deserve to feel safe and secure,” King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion said after the judge found probable cause to hold him on five counts of assault first degree.

In setting the high bail amount, the judge noted that the man had a warrant for his arrest. He also has nine felony convictions in Washington state that include four auto thefts, possession of stolen property, robbery and attempted burglary, according to the probable cause report.

The case is still under investigation and has not been forwarded to the King County Prosecutor’s Office for a charging decision, spokesman Casey McNerthney said Saturday. He expects to receive the case by Thursday, he said.

Messages sent to the King County Public Defender’s Department seeking comment were not immediately returned Saturday afternoon.

Four of the five victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center on Friday. One man who was in critical condition has been upgraded to serious, while two others remain in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said Saturday. Another male patient was in fair condition, she said.

Police said they recovered two knives stained with what appeared to be blood in the parking lot where the man was arrested. A third knife was stuck in one victim’s back when she was taken to the hospital, according to court records.

Seattle police said they believe the man was involved in at least four other stabbings in the same area on Thursday. He matched the description of the suspect, and the attacks were also random, like Friday’s attacks. Police continue to investigate the case and more charges could be added, they said.

Thursday’s stabbings in Chinatown began when a 52-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds, police said. On Thursday afternoon, a 32-year-old man was found after being stabbed multiple times, and around 8 p.m., a 37-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the back, police said.

On Friday around 2 p.m., police received 911 reports that four people had been stabbed in Chinatown. Another victim was found about a block away, the probable cause statement said.

A witness told police he saw the suspect walk up behind a man and stab him in the back. That man was hospitalized with four stab wounds. The witness said he followed the suspect as he calmly walked down the street and then stabbed three people as they stood on a corner.

Video evidence showed the suspect also stabbed another man before striking the group of three, police said. The video shows the suspect walking up behind a person and stabbing him in the back. He fell to the ground with the knife still stuck in his back, police said.

Police arrived and used witness descriptions to arrest the man. He was wearing a black hoodie with “Fear of God” written across the chest, police said. He had what appeared to be blood on his hands and shoes, police said.

“It appears that this incident was one individual over a 38-hour period who committed random attacks,” Deputy Chief Eric Barden said at the scene Friday.