The mother of the teen now charged with attempted murder in Sunday’s daytime stabbing of a six-year-old boy near a bus stop in downtown Halifax says she’s “been trying desperately for years to get her the help she needs.

Halifax Regional Police say a 19-year-old woman is facing charges including attempted murder after a young boy was stabbed multiple times on a downtown street.

Elliott Chorny, 19, appeared in court on Monday. She was charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was stabbed in Halifax on Sunday afternoon. Gareth Hampshire has the story.

Halifax Regional Police say a six-year-old is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times in downtown Halifax.

A 19-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in an unprovoked attack while he stood with his parents at a bus stop in downtown Halifax on Sunday afternoon.

The woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy in downtown Halifax Sunday was known to police and had recently been arrested for an assault alleged to have occurred in late January. Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const.

Halifax Regional Police provided the update on the boy's health in an email to CBC News on Tuesday afternoon. "An incident like the one we saw on Sunday – where a child is stabb