Woman stabs three babies, two adults at ‘illegal’ Chinese nursery in New York then slashes wrist
The attack was in a house in Queens that was apparently being used as a nursery and ‘baby farm’, newspaper claims
A woman stabbed five people – including three newborn babies – and then slashed her own wrist inside a New York City home on Friday, police said. The building was allegedly being used as an illegal nursery and “baby farm”.
The 52-year-old suspect, identified to the New York Post by law enforcement officers as Yu Fen Wang, was in police custody. No immediate charges were filed, and police said the motive is under investigation.
Police were called to a three-floor building in Flushing, Queens, soon before 4am and discovered a three-day-old girl and a one-month-old girl who had been stabbed in the abdomen, as well as a 20-day-old girl with cuts to her ear, chin and lip.
The father of one of the children and a woman who worked there were also stabbed, police said. A butcher’s knife and meat cleaver were found at the scene.
The woman suspected of the attack was discovered bleeding and unconscious in the basement, police said.
After officers applied a tourniquet, she regained consciousness and was taken to the hospital, they added. All of those wounded in the attack are expected to survive.