Police are still trying to establish why an elderly woman stabbed a seven-year-old boy in Basel on Thursday. The 75-year-old did not know the boy or his family.
“She is therefore undergoing a psychiatric assessment.”
Forensic tests have shown that the boy died from a stab wound to the neck, a statement said. No connection to the boy or his family, who originally came from Kosovo, has been found, it added.
The family itself has expressed shock over the attack, the Associated Press said, quoting an uncle.
“We couldn’t find any answer of what really happen, how it happened,” Syle Mahmuti, told AP on Friday.
Walking home from school
The incident happened around 12.45 pm on Thursday afternoon, when the boy was walking home alone from his primary school. He was found by a passerby and helped by the boy’s teacher who was cycling past. Emergency services were called to the scene, but the boy died from his injuries shortly after undergoing emergency surgery at the University Children’s Hospital Basel.
The Swiss suspect, who lives in Basel, left the scene and told several people by text message about what she had done, before turning herself in to the police. A police search had been underway.
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Elderly woman stabs boy to death in Basel
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A seven-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on Thursday afternoon on a street in Basel. A 75-year-old woman handed herself in to police.
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