CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year-old girl was fatally stabbed as she walked past businesses in a Chicago neighborhood, and people nearby arrested the woman who attacked her, police said.
Chicago police said the girl was walking in the Chatham neighborhood Saturday morning when a woman carrying an unspecified sharp object approached her and stabbed her multiple times in the back. Television channels showed a shopping area lined with a restaurant, a nail salon and a market, then cordoned off with red police tape.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as Edi Mari Hernandez Chacon. She died in hospital.
A security photo from a nearby business showed the girl identified by witnesses walking hand-in-hand with an older woman on the sidewalk, WLS-TV reported. Police have not shared any information about this person.
The alleged attacker was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was arrested, Chicago police said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear whether there was a relationship between the attacker and the girl. Police have not commented on a possible motive for the attack and declined Sunday to provide further details or identify the suspect.
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