Mum of 3 attacks children, leaves them injured after trying to slit their throats

A 27-year-old mum of three has been arrested after being caught trying to slit her children’s throats while having breakfast. Continue to read

According to Daily Mail UK,

A mother was arrested yesterday after apparently trying to slit the throats of her three young children at breakfast time. The 27-year-old is said to have used a kitchen knife to attack her seven-year-old son and 16-month-old girl – leaving them with serious neck injuries. It is said the children’s grandfather dashed in to wrestle away the knife.

Neighbours heard screams coming from the modern terraced house in Newport, South Wales, at 8am yesterday. A neighbour – who later sheltered the shocked and shaken grandparents – said: ‘The mother and her three children were staying with her parents, sleeping in the same bedroom. One of her children screamed and their grandfather came in.’

Paramedics and police arrived at the scene and neighbours said there were ‘frantic scenes’ as they tended the two young children who were then wrapped in blankets and taken to hospital. The mother was also injured after apparently turning the knife on herself. Hospital chiefs later confirmed the boy underwent surgery to serious neck injuries and all three were described as ‘stable’.

A neighbour, who did not want to be named, made the grandparents tea while they gave statements to police. She said: ‘I think she is their only daughter, she comes and goes with her three children. She has been looking for a council place but they haven’t got one yet. The middle child who wasn’t hurt was taken to the MacDonald’s restaurant around the corner for a treat. But he later went to the hospital with his grandparents to see his brother and sister.’

A knife allegedly used in the attack was taken from the modern terraced house in a quiet cul-de-sac of sheltered accommodation for elderly people. The children were happily playing in the street over the Bank Holiday weekend and neighbours said they were ‘lovely kids’. One said: ‘It’s shocking and very upsetting, especially to see children being carried out like that.’

The mother and her two young children were all being treated for their injuries at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport.

A Gwent Police spokesman said yesterday: ‘A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. We are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident at this time.’

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Source: Daily Mail UK