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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Aiza Moraña

Seven-Year-Old Girl in Chicago Dies After Stranger Stabs Her Multiple Times in Back; Bystanders Detain Suspect

Police confirmed that bystanders detained a woman after the fatal stabbing of seven-year-old Edi Mari Hernandez Chacon on a Chicago sidewalk on 3 October (Credit: Tre Ward/Facebook)

A seven-year-old girl in Chicago died after a stranger stabbed her multiple times in the back on Saturday, 3 October. Bystanders detained the female suspect at the scene until officers arrived.

The child had been accompanied by her older sister, family members told WGN 9. They described the girls walking together when the attack occurred. Police placed the stabbing on South Cottage Grove Avenue, near 86th Street in the East Chatham neighbourhood, at around 11:55am local time.

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