Visitor stabs 2 nurses, medical resident in NJ hospital's pediatric ICU: Police
NEWARK, N.J. - A visitor seeing a patient at a New Jersey hospital's pediatric intensive care unit stabbed a medical resident and two nurses Friday morning, officials said.
Police say that at around 7 a.m., a female visitor picked up some kind of cutting instrument following a dispute inside Newark Beth Israel Hospital, and stabbed the three victims.
The victims suffered minor lacerations, and the alleged attacker, who police identified as 37-year-old Firdousi Abdul-Hakim, was taken into custody.
Each victim is reportedly in stable condition, and the suspect has been taken into custody.
No patients or family members were injured during this incident, the hospital said in a statement.
A mother of a patient being treated at the hospital told FOX 5 NY that only parents and grandparents are allowed inside, and when she arrived at the hospital at the same time as the stabbing, no mention was made of the incident.
Abdul-Hakim faces several charges, including aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon, according to Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé.
This incident remains under investigation.
This image from SkyFOX shows Newark Beth Israel Hospital after three nurses were slashed.