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| Three infants, including a 3-day-old child, and two adults were in critical but stable condition after being stabbed at a day care facility in Queens on Friday by an employee who then cut her own wrist, the police said. | Three infants, including a 3-day-old child, and two adults were in critical but stable condition after being stabbed at a day care facility in Queens on Friday by an employee who then cut her own wrist, the police said. |
| The stabbing occurred at about 3:40 a.m. at the facility, a residential day care center in the Flushing section of Queens, the police said. The infants, all of whom are younger than a month, were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital after the stabbing. One of the adults who was stabbed was the father of one of the infants, the police said; he was stabbed in the leg. The other adult was a co-worker of the employee and was stabbed in the torso, the police said. | The stabbing occurred at about 3:40 a.m. at the facility, a residential day care center in the Flushing section of Queens, the police said. The infants, all of whom are younger than a month, were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital after the stabbing. One of the adults who was stabbed was the father of one of the infants, the police said; he was stabbed in the leg. The other adult was a co-worker of the employee and was stabbed in the torso, the police said. |
| All three infants, two girls and a boy, were in critical condition; one of the girls sustained more serious injuries than the others, said Juanita Holmes, assistant chief in the Police Department’s Patrol Borough Queens North. | All three infants, two girls and a boy, were in critical condition; one of the girls sustained more serious injuries than the others, said Juanita Holmes, assistant chief in the Police Department’s Patrol Borough Queens North. |
| When officers first arrived at the location, the employee who had cut her own wrist was unconscious, the police said. But she regained consciousness after officers applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, and the employee, 52, was placed in police custody. | When officers first arrived at the location, the employee who had cut her own wrist was unconscious, the police said. But she regained consciousness after officers applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, and the employee, 52, was placed in police custody. |
| Two knives were recovered at the scene, the police said. | Two knives were recovered at the scene, the police said. |
| The day care facility is inside a house in Flushing that is home to multiple families and nine infants, the police said. It was not immediately clear whether the facility was registered with the state as a licensed day care center. | The day care facility is inside a house in Flushing that is home to multiple families and nine infants, the police said. It was not immediately clear whether the facility was registered with the state as a licensed day care center. |
| The names of the five victims and the employee were not released. No information was immediately available about the motive. | The names of the five victims and the employee were not released. No information was immediately available about the motive. |
| Assistant Chief Holmes said that the police had no previous calls to the home but that New York City’s 311 hotline received a complaint in 2011 about crying children there. | Assistant Chief Holmes said that the police had no previous calls to the home but that New York City’s 311 hotline received a complaint in 2011 about crying children there. |