Three BABIES and two adults STABBED as woman goes on a knife rampage at a nursery in New York
- A 52-year-old woman in police custody at hospital after being found in basement
- Condition of two infant girls and one boy is not clear but one is said to be serious
- Father of one of the children also believed to have been stabbed in the leg
Five people – including three babies – have been stabbed at a daycare centre in Queens, New York.
The ages of the infants, thought to be two girls and a boy, is not clear but one of the girls is in serious condition, reports NBC.
The incident happened at 161st Street in Flushing in Queens at around 3.30am and a woman has been taken into custody, say NYPD.
Police were called to the scene at around 3.30am this morning
Two adults were also injured in the incident. A man, who is a father to one of the children at the daycare was stabbed in the leg and is not thought to be in a serious condition.
A woman who was hurt in the early morning attack is a worker at the daycare.
Police said a 52-year-old woman was found in the basement and is in police custody at an area hospital.
A spokesman for force told the Sun Online the woman had multiple self-inflicted knife wounds.
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