– Police in New York say at least five people, including three infants, were stabbed early Friday at an overnight daycare center operating in a private apartment in the borough of Queens.
One of the infants, a girl, was listed in serious condition, but none of the injuries is considered life-threatening.
A 3-day-old girl and a 1-month-old girl were stabbed in the abdomen, and a 20-day-old girl suffered cuts to her ear, chin and lip.
Police say a 52-year-old woman, identified as a suspect, was found in the basement with an apparently self-inflicted slash wound to her wrist. A butcher knife and meat cleaver were found at the scene, according to authorities.
Juanita Holmes, assistant chief of the New York City Police Department, said officers applied a tourniquet to the woman's wrist. After she regained consciousness, she was taken into custody.
Police say a man who was injured was stabbed in the leg and is the father of a child who was at the daycare center. It isn’t clear whether his child was among those stabbed. Another adult who was hurt is a woman who works at the center.
Police have not established a motive in the case.
There were nine babies being looked after at the informal daycare center located in an apartment building in the Flushing neighborhood.
A spokeswoman for the state's Office of Children and Family Services says the address is not an OCFS-licensed or regulated childcare program,
NBC News New York reports. Programs regulated by the agency are prohibited from caring for infants younger than 6 weeks unless they have prior approval.
Neighbors
told CBS New York they heard screams coming from the building early Friday morning. Police responded around 3:30 a.m.
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