Elderly woman stabbed in Northeast Philadelphia

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police said a 79-year-old woman was stabbed in the head by someone she knew in the Torresdale section of the city Wednesday night.

It happened around 7 p.m. in the 3500 block of Grant Avenue.

The woman was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in stable condition.

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Chopper 6 over the scene of a stabbing in Northeast Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.



Police apprehended a woman at the scene.

The incident is under investigation. No weapon has been recovered.

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