7-Year-Old Girl Fatally Stabbed on Chicago Sidewalk

7-Year-Old Girl Fatally Stabbed on Chicago Sidewalk

CHICAGO, IL – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) A 7-year-old girl was fatally stabbed on a Chicago sidewalk Saturday morning in an attack that ended with bystanders intervening and detaining the woman accused of stabbing the child, according to Chicago police and multiple local news reports. The killing occurred shortly before noon in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue on Chicago’s South Side. Police said the girl was walking outside when a woman approached her, displayed what authorities described as a sharp object, and stabbed the child multiple times in the back. The girl was rushed to

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