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The 31-year-old female letter carrier who was stabbed in the abdomen while on the job Monday afternoon in Rockville is expected to make a full recovery, city officials reported Tuesday.

Rockville City Police Chief Terrance N. Treschuk said the mail carrier was stabbed at the intersection of Halpine Road and Alsace Lane while on her mail delivery route. The incident happened at approximately 2:45 p.m., officials reported.

The woman was sitting in her mail truck when a man, possibly in his 30s and 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 7 inches tall, approached her and showed a knife, city officials said. The man said in Spanish that he was going to rob the woman, the city reported.

The woman grabbed for the knife and was stabbed, officials said.

The postal employee was taken to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Treschuk said. She was listed in critical but stable condition following surgery Tuesday morning, according to city officials.

Her name was not released because she is a witness to the crime.

Luvenia Huyson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service in Maryland, said late Monday afternoon that postal officials had no statement about the incident. She said the letter carrier worked at the main post office in Rockville, located at 500 North Washington St.

U.S. Postal Service inspectors are investigating whether anything was stolen from her mail bag or mail truck.

The investigation is continuing and police are looking for the suspect, who was seen getting into a teal- or mint green-colored Dodge Neon with a spoiler attached to the trunk in the vicinity of the stabbing at about the time it occurred, officials reported.

The suspect was seen wearing a black jacket, black gloves, a black knit hat and black pants, according to city officials.

Police are asking anyone who might have seen the man or witnessed the incident to call 240-314-8938.