Five people, including three infants, were injured during a stabbing attack at a day care in Queens, New York, early Friday morning, according to reports.
One woman is in custody following the attack, which occurred at a house on 161st Street in Flushing, NBC New York reported.
The New York Police Department said the victims were between three days old and one month old, and were either cut or slashed during the early-morning attack.
Police said the suspect had attacked two girls and one boy. One adult female received multiple stab wounds to the torso, and one male believed tio be a father of one of the children in the home had a stab wound to the leg, NYPD Assistant Chief Juanita Holmes said in a press conference.
It is not clear if the male victim if the father of one of the injured babies.
None of the victims are believed to be in life-threatening condition, but one of the infants is said to be in serious but stable condition.
The 52-year-old suspect was found with self-inflicted wounds to her wrist before she was taken into police custody at a nearby hospital.
The force confirmed there were nine babies—five girls and four boys—living inside the home, along with some parents.
"I got up, went and got dressed, and came out to see which house is it, because obviously I'm concerned; this is my neighborhood," one local resident told CBS New York.
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