Const. Martin Cromwell of the Halifax Regional Police force speaks to reporters in Halifax on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
The woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy in downtown Halifax Sunday was known to police and had recently been arrested for an assault alleged to have occurred in late January.
Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const. Martin Cromwell told reporters Monday the boy was with his parents when he was stabbed. He was rushed to hospital with what police have described as life-threatening injuries, but Cromwell declined to comment further on his condition.
“This is a very, very tragic incident,” Cromwell said of the stabbing. “The victim is a little boy.”
Police were called at around 1:20 p.m. to Barrington Street just north of the busy downtown core, where a child had been found suffering from multiple stab wounds.
Cromwell said the suspect, 19-year-old Elliott Chorny, was …