SUDBURY, Ont – Police say a woman who was stabbed by a stranger while with her baby in the Sudbury area has started to recover.
Kaitlyn Dunn of the Greater Sudbury Police says the 35-year-old woman is now in stable condition, and her nine-month-old baby is recovering with family members.
The woman has been in hospital since the incident on Monday afternoon, when a 25-year-old man allegedly attacked her with a knife outside a store.
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Officers have said she was stabbed in the neck, and her baby suffered bruises after being hit with the knife.
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Police have credited two bystanders with saving the woman and child’s lives, saying that a man stepped in to stop and subdue the attacker, and a woman applied pressure to the mother’s wound until paramedics arrived.
The 25-year-old man, who was known to police, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder in the incident.
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