Woman charged with attempted murder after 6-year-old boy stabbed [Video]

Elliott Chorny, 19, appeared in court on Monday. She was charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was stabbed in Halifax on Sunday afternoon. Gareth Hampshire has the story.

A 19-year-old woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy on a downtown Halifax street spoke quietly and stared at the floor during a court appearance Monday on a charge of attempted murder.

The boy, who remained in hospital Monday, was found suffering from stab wounds at around 1:20 p.m. Sunday on Barrington Street near Scotia Square Mall, a busy transit thoroughfare.

He was taken by ambulance to the IWK Health Centre with life-threatening injuries. Investigators said they don’t believe the victim and the accused are known to each other.

“It’s an extremely tragic incident,” Const. Martin Cromwell of the Halifax Regional Police told a news conference Monday afternoon.

The boy, whose name is protected by a publication ban, was stabbed with a knife, said Cromwell.

Const. Martin Cromwell took questions from reporters about …