Seven-year-old girl stabbed in the U.S. dies; the attacker is arrested

A seven-year-old girl was tragically killed in Chicago after being stabbed several times in the back while walking along a city street. The incident happened shortly before noon on Saturday on Cottage Grove Avenue in the Chatham neighbourhood. According to Chicago police, the child was walking on the pavement when an adult woman approached her. The woman pulled out a knife and stabbed the girl several times in the back.

A video circulating online shows the moment when the woman in question walks calmly along the pavement, a few minutes after the attack, believing she would get away unharmed.

Eyewitnesses who saw the attack rushed immediately to help the child and managed to restrain the suspected perpetrator until the police arrived. The authorities are investigating the circumstances of the attack, and it is unclear whether the woman knew the seven-year-old girl.

The motive is also unknown, and the charges against the suspect are expected to be announced once the initial investigation is complete.