73-Year-Old Man Slashes The Throat Of A 7-Year-Old Girl In A Detroit Park

Posted • October 13, 2024: A 73-year-old Detroit man is behind bars for allegedly attacking a 7-year-old girl with a knife in a city park full of children, slashing her throat in an incident that ended with the child racing home to her mother for help, and the suspect in handcuffs. "He just like came out of nowhere and just like (pulled) the knife on me," the girl told Fox 2 News as she sat on a porch step this week with gauze around her neck, explaining how a day at the park with her grandmother turned into a day of horror. "When he came toward my grandma, I ran home," the girl told Fox 2. "And then my grandma was screaming, 'What! What! What!' ... Everybody was saying like 'Knife, knife, knife' — but she didn't understand. So I told her in Arabic so she can know." While the victim is of Arab descent, Maria Miller, spokesperson for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, said: "At this time, we have no evidence that supports that this was a hate crime."