A crime shakes Chicago.. A child is stabbed to death in the middle of the street

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A heinous crime shook the American city of Chicago, where a 7-year-old girl was killed after being stabbed several times while walking in front of a group of shops in the Chatham neighborhood, according to local police.

Chicago police said on Sunday that the incident occurred late on Saturday morning, when the child was walking in the neighborhood before a woman approached her carrying a sharp object, the type of which was not revealed, and stabbed her several times in the back.

The police cordoned off the area surrounding the accident site, which includes a restaurant, nail salon and store, with red tape during investigations, according to the Associated Press.

For its part, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Eddie Marie Hernandez Chacon.

She was taken to the hospital after the attack, but she died as a result of her injuries.

For its part, the WLS-TV network quoted eyewitnesses that the child was walking holding the hand of an older woman on the sidewalk at the time of the attack.

While the police did not provide any information regarding the identity of this woman or her relationship with the victim.

She reported in a statement that people near the site of the incident were able to detain the attacker until the authorities arrived. The suspect was taken to the hospital to receive treatment for injuries that were described as non-life-threatening, before being placed in detention.

In addition, the authorities have not yet revealed any possible connection between the suspect and the child. They have also refrained from clarifying the motive behind the attack or announcing the identity of the attacker, stressing that investigations are still ongoing.