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Massachusetts Woman Charged with Attempted Murder in Macy’s Herald Square Stabbing
A Massachusetts woman faces attempted murder charges after stabbing a California tourist multiple times in Macy's Herald Square restroom during a random attack, police said.
- At Macy's Herald Square, a Southern California woman was stabbed Thursday around 3:13 p.m. while changing her infant's diaper in the seventh-floor restroom, and 43-year-old Kerri Aherne of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was charged.
- Investigators describe the incident as random; police described the assault as unprovoked with no known motive, and the two women did not know each other or have prior interaction.
- Police say the attacker stabbed the victim multiple times in the back and arm; the victim struggled and her husband restrained the suspect until police arrived, while paramedics took her to Bellevue Hospital.
- She is expected to appear in court Friday, with her arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court pending, while the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was notified and the NYPD leads the investigation.
- At the flagship Macy's Herald Square during the holiday rush, this incident marks the second assault inside the store in the past month, raising local safety concerns.
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