A six -year -old boy who was stabbed several times in a street in the Halifax center is now in a stable state, according to the police.
The Halifax Regional Police provided the child’s health update in an email to CBC News on Tuesday afternoon.
“An incident like the one we saw on Sunday, where a child is stabbed in what appears to be a random and not caused event, has sent shock waves through our community because it is not the type of event that we typically see” in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, said police spokeswoman Marla Macinnis.
The child was found that he suffered a knife wounds around 1:20 pm on Sunday on Barrington Street, near the Scotia Square shopping center.
It was taken by ambulance to the IWK health center with what was described at that time as injuries that threaten life.
Elliott Chorny, 19, was arrested in the crime scene and has since been accused of murder attempt.
She appeared in court on Monday.
The child’s name is protected by a publication prohibition.
After stabbing, Andrea Hancock, Chorny’s mother, wrote in a publication on social networks that her daughter is a “very evil person.”
Hancock said that she and Chorny’s father have been trying desperately for years to get a help from Chorny, including calls to the police, doctors and child protection services.
At the time of the attack, Hancock wrote that Chorny was homeless, and did not live at home due to security concerns.
Researchers have said they do not believe that the victim and the defendant are known to each other.
