New York (CNN) Three babies were among five people stabbed early Friday at an unlicensed day care center in New York by an employee who then tried to kill herself, officials said.

The victims -- two girls and a boy, plus two adults -- were in critical but stable condition Friday at local hospitals, New York police said.

The babies range in age from 3 days to 1 month, New York police Assistant Chief Juanita Holmes told reporters Friday.

The facility was used mostly by Chinese women who give birth and stay there before returning to China, a law enforcement source tells CNN.

Neighbors say it was frequented mostly by Chinese parents, but Koreans and Africans were also seen there.

Read More</s>(Reuters) - A female worker at a New York City daycare center stabbed three infants and two adults early on Friday, injuring one child seriously, then cut her own wrists, police said.

The incident occurred at the daycare center in the borough of Queens at about 3:30 a.m. EDT, a spokesman for New York City Police Department said.

The unidentified worker stabbed two infant girls and one infant boy as well as a man, believed to be a father of one of the children, and a female coworker, police said.

One of the infants was in serious condition, the police spokesman said.

The suspect has self-inflicted wounds to the wrists and was in custody. She was in stable condition, police said.

Police said it was not immediately clear why she attacked the children and adults.</s>A suspect was in custody after at least five people, including three infants, were slashed at an overnight New York City day care facility early Friday, police said.

The wounded were found inside the Queens home around 3:30 a.m., according to NBC New York. The injuries were not considered to be life threatening, police said.

The injured infants included two boys and a girl, police said. Another man and a woman were also injured. Their identities and ages weren’t immediately released. The man who was injured had a child at the day care while the woman was a daycare employee, according to NBC New York.

The suspect, identified as a 52-year-old woman, was found in the basement of the home with self-inflicted cuts on a wrist, according to the station.

She was reportedly being treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening wound. Her relationship with the children wasn’t immediately clear.

Other children at the day care weren’t injured, authorities said.</s>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A female worker stabbed three babies at a home-based daycare center in New York City on Friday before slashing her own wrists and being taken into custody, police said.

The unidentified woman, who also stabbed two adults in the predawn incident in the borough of Queens, was in stable condition, Juanita Holmes, assistant chief of patrol for the New York City Police Department, said at a news conference.

Police did not have any details on a possible motive.

The 52-year-old worker is accused of stabbing two girls and one boy, ranging in age from three days old to one month old, police said. All three were hospitalized and listed in serious but stable condition.

The woman also stabbed a 31-year-old man, believed to be the father of one of the children, and a woman in her 30s at the overnight nursery, known as Mei Xin Care. A bloody kitchen knife and meat cleaver were found at the scene, police said.

Holmes said nine children and several parents were at the private home when the attack occurred.

Both of the adults who were stabbed live at the home, police spokesman Thomas Antonetti said, adding that the assailant worked at the nursery but did not live there.</s>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three babies and two adults were stabbed at a home-based daycare center in New York City on Friday, leaving one child with serious injuries, police said.

The female worker suspected of carrying out the attack slashed her own wrists, police said. She was in custody and in stable condition.

Police did not have any details on a possible motive.

The unidentified worker, 52, stabbed two girls and one boy, ranging in age from three days old to one month old, as well as a 31-year-old man, believed to be a father of one of the children, and a woman in her 30s, police said.

One of the infants was in serious condition at a local hospital. A bloody kitchen knife and a meat cleaver were retrieved at the scene, according to Sophia Mason, a police spokeswoman.

The incident occurred at a private home in the borough of Queens at about 3:30 a.m. EDT (730 GMT), a spokesman for the New York City Police Department said.

It was not clear whether the daycare provider was open at the time. Both of the adults who were stabbed live at the home, police spokesman Thomas Antonetti. He could not say whether any of the infants were enrolled in daycare.

“The person responsible was an employee,” he said. “She does not live there.”</s>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A female worker at a daycare center in a private home in New York City stabbed three infants and two adults early on Friday, injuring one child seriously, and then cut her own wrists, police said.

The incident occurred at the home in the borough of Queens at about 3:30 a.m. EDT, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department said.

The unidentified worker stabbed two girls and one boy as well as a man, believed to be a father of one of the children, and a female coworker, police said.

One of the infants was in serious condition at a local hospital. The ages of the children were not immediately known.

The suspect has self-inflicted wounds to the wrists and was in custody. She was in stable condition, police said.

Both of the adults who were stabbed live at the home, police spokesman Thomas Antonetti said, but it was unclear whether any of the infants were enrolled in daycare.

“The person responsible was an employee. She does not live there,” Antonetti said.

Video from the local NBC television station showed swarms of police vehicles and officers outside of the home in the Flushing section of Queens, and streets near the home blocked off with police tape.

Police said it was not immediately clear why she attacked the children and adults. The investigation was ongoing.</s>Police say three infants and two adults were stabbed at an overnight day care center in New York City. All are in critical but stable condition.

NEW YORK — Police say three infants and two adults were stabbed at an overnight day care center in New York City. All are in critical but stable condition.

Authorities say the stabbings happened just before 4 a.m. Friday at a home in Queens.

They say a 3-day-old girl and a 1-month-old girl were stabbed in the abdomen, and a 20-day-old girl suffered cuts to her ear, chin and lip.

Police say the father of a child at the center and a woman who worked there were also stabbed.

A 52-year-old woman was found in the basement of the home in the Flushing neighborhood. Police say she had slashed her own wrist and is in custody at a hospital.

Charges are pending. Police say a butcher knife and meat cleaver were found at the scene.

It isn’t clear whether the day care center was licensed.</s>NEW YORK — Two adults and three infants were injured during a knife attack in Queens early Friday morning.

According to PIX 11, authorities were called to a home on 161st Street in Flushing around 3:40 a.m. When they arrived they discovered three infants - two girls and a boy - as well as a daycare worker and one of the children's father had been stabbed.

Their accused attacker was also injured from a self-inflected knife wound, police said.

One of the little girls was rushed to the hospital in serious condition. No word on the conditions of the other victims.

It's unclear what led up to the attack.</s>Five people - including three newborn babies - were stabbed at an overnight birthing center inside a New York City home early Friday, and a woman who had slashed her wrist and was found in the basement was taken into custody, police said.The victims were listed in critical but stable condition.The attack happened just before 4 a.m. in the Flushing section of Queens. A 3-day-old girl and a 1-month-old girl were stabbed in the abdomen, and a 20-day-old girl suffered cuts on her ear, chin and lip, authorities said. The father of a child at the center and a woman who worked there were also stabbed, police said.A 52-year-old woman who had cut herself was in custody at a hospital.No immediate charges were filed, and police said the motive was under investigation.A butcher knife and meat cleaver were found at the scene.-----</s>NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. - Three infants, all one month or younger, were stabbed in a New York City day care early Friday, police said.

Authorities were called at about 3:40 a.m. to a residence serving as a day care on 161st Street between 45th and 43rd Avenues in Flushing.

According to police, adults upstairs heard screaming from below. They came downstairs and saw a 52-year-old woman stabbing three female infants with a butcher knife and machete.

A one-month-old and a three-day-old baby were stabbed in the stomach. A 20-day-old was stabbed in the ear, chin and mouth, said police.

The father of one of the children tried to intervene and was stabbed in the leg, police said.

The woman also stabbed one female co-worker eight times, police told WPIX.

According to authorities, there were nine children and their parents at the location during the time of the incident.

Police arrived and discovered the woman in the basement kitchen with self-inflicted knife wounds on her arm. She was taken into a custody for a psych evaluation, said authorities.
A woman goes on a stabbing rampage in Queens, New York City, injuring five, including three infants. All are in stable condition.