The woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy in Halifax has been formally charged with attempted murder and possession of a dangerous weapon. Nineteen-year-old Elliott Chorny was arrested near a busy downtown corner where the injured boy was found. (Feb. 24, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
The woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy in Halifax has been formally charged with attempted murder and possession of a dangerous weapon. Nineteen-year-old Elliott Chorny was arrested near a busy downtown corner where the injured boy was found. (Feb. 24, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
By Lyndsay Armstrong and Michael MacDonald The Canadian Press
HALIFAX – The woman charged with attempted murder in the stabbing Sunday of a six-year-old boy on a Halifax sidewalk 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.
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