Two Boys, Ages 7 and 12, Arrested For Alleged Stabbing of 59-Year-Old Woman: Cops

Police in Houston, Texas took two young boys into custody after they allegedly stabbed a woman who was left in critical condition in the hospital, Harris County Sheriff’s Office said on Saturday.

The boys, ages 7 and 12, fled the scene immediately after the stabbing, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on social media. The woman, 59, was rushed to the hospital and had taken multiple stab wounds to the abdomen, sheriff’s spokesman Sergio Torres added. As of Saturday, she was in critical condition.

“The female was transported to a nearby hospital where she’s right now in surgery and is in critical condition,” Torres told local media on Saturday.

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