75-Year-Old Woman Arrested After 7-Year-Old Student Stabbed to Death

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March 22, 2019World News
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75-Year-Old Woman Arrested After 7-Year-Old Student Stabbed to Death
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BASEL, Switzerland—Swiss police have arrested a 75-year-old woman in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 7-year-old boy on his way home from school.

The child, who has not been named, was attacked while walking alone in the northern city of Basel around midday local time on Thursday, March 21, police said in a statement.

Swiss police officers
Swiss police officers stand at a crime scene in Switzerland, on July 24, 2017. (Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)

The boy’s class teacher, who was passing on a bicycle, found him lying seriously injured on the sidewalk and called for an ambulance.

The boy died shortly after emergency surgery in a hospital, the statement added.

Soon after the stabbing, a 75-year-old woman turned herself in to the police. She admitted attacking the boy and was arrested, police said, but did not explain the motive for the attack.

Police said investigations were continuing and appealed for witnesses.

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