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Chicago police said the girl was walking in the Chatham
neighborhood late Saturday morning when a woman carrying an
unspecified sharp object approached her and stabbed her multiple
times in the back. Television networks showed a commercial strip
lined with a restaurant, nail salon and market cordoned off by
red police tape afterward.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child
as Edi Mari Hernandez Chacon. She died at a hospital.
A security photo from a nearby business showed the girl that
witnesses identified had been walking hand-in-hand with an older
female on the sidewalk, WLS-TV reported. Police did not share
any information about that person.
The alleged attacker was taken to the hospital with injuries
that weren't life-threatening and was arrested, Chicago police
said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear if there was any relationship
between the attacker and the girl. Police have not commented on
a possible motive for the stabbing and declined Sunday to
provide further details or identify the suspect.
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