Three infants and two adults were stabbed early Friday at home day-care center in New York, a police spokesman said.
New York Police Lt. Thomas Antonetti said a 52-year-old woman, who worked at the private day-care facility in Queens, stabbed three infants — two girls and one boy — as well as two adults, a man and woman.
Antonetti said that the attacker, who has not yet been publicly identified, then slashed her own wrists.
The victims and their assailant were rushed to a hospital, where one of the girls was listed in serious condition. Later in the morning, Antonetti said that child had been stabilized.
The incident occurred at what police described as a “private day-care in a home” in Flushing, a neighborhood in Queens.
Antonetti, the police spokesman, said there were five or six other children at the overnight day-care center who were not injured in the attack.
Police have not yet determined a motive.
But Antonetti said the attack appeared to be related to some sort of “psychological distress.” The woman was taken to a hospital and is currently in police custody.
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