From NY Post: A tourist was repeatedly stabbed by a crazed homeless woman inside Macy’s Herald Square Thursday afternoon amid the packed holiday shopping rush, according to cops and law enforcement sources.
The 38-year-old California victim, who was shopping with her husband during the Big Apple’s crowded holiday season, was knifed in the back, shoulder, and arm in the seventh-floor bathroom of the flagship store in Midtown at 3:13 p.m., police and sources said.
The victim suffered multiple stab wounds to her back and a laceration on her right arm, cops said.
She was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. The victim, visiting from Jurupa Valley, works as a civilian for the state’s sheriff’s office, where her husband serves as a sheriff, sources said.
Kerri Aherne, 43, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was identified as the unhinged attacker. Police said she is a homeless woman.
To make the matter even more alarming, CBS News reported that the victim was simply changing her 10-month-old baby’s diaper in a bathroom when Aherne suddenly started stabbing her in the unprovoked attack.
The victim’s husband reportedly disarmed Aherne and held her until police arrived. She has now been charged with attempted murder.
ABC7 News said the baby was not injured in the terrifying attack.
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A woman is charged with attempted murder after a stabbing inside Macy’s Herald Square. This comes just weeks after another brutal attack there. @AndrewRamosTV reports.
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