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A woman who was waiting for a flight at Newark Liberty International Airport was stabbed in the face, cops said. 

Melissa Mauldin, 36, was waiting for her friend to come back from the bathroom when Xiong Jin, 54, allegedly assaulted her with a knife Sunday evening - in plain view of Port Authority police.

They quickly cuffed the suspect who was later found to be a repeat offender, as well as a complete stranger to the victim, who was visiting from North Carolina.

The attack happened at the Terminal A departures level in the New Jersey airport around 5 pm, cops said - eight days after the suspect finished a nearly three-year prison sentence for an aggravated assault first reported by The New York Post.

Now in custody, he's expected to face an upgraded charge of attempted murder, after being first charged with aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon, Port Authority cops said. As of writing, he is being held in Essex County Jail.