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Man Charged with Attempted Murder After Stabbing Toddler and Mother in Rhode Island
Just the facts
Providence police arrested 46-year-old Nelson Blanco following an unprovoked knife attack near Broad and Public streets that left a two-year-old girl critically injured and wounded her mother. The child was hospitalized in critical condition at Hasbro Children's Hospital, while the mother received medical treatment for a shoulder stab wound and was released. Blanco was arraigned in Rhode Island's 6th Division District Court on six charges, including two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and felony assault, and was ordered held without bail pending a competency hearing. State court records revealed that Blanco was previously charged in a 2003 stabbing of two boys, a case in which he was repeatedly determined incompetent to stand trial between 2004 and 2006.
Why this is news
Police in Providence, Rhode Island, arrested and charged 46-year-old Nelson Blanco after a two-year-old girl and her mother were stabbed at a school bus stop.
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