A 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing two people at a shopping centre in Far North Queensland is charged with multiple offences.
A 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing two people at a shopping centre in Far North Queensland has been charged with multiple offences in what police have labelled a"disturbing attack".It is further alleged the girl spat in the face of a police officerIt's alleged the girl slashed a 16-year-old as well as a 47-year-old woman who attempted to intervene at the Cairns Central Shopping Centre on Sunday afternoon.
"It's very disturbing for the bystander who tried to intervene and didn't realise there was a knife involved and she's ended up with an injury to her arm.He said the girl was standing outside the shopping centre when she became involved in a verbal argument with several other girls, who were known to her.
The girls attempted to take refuge in a surf wear shop and one of the girls was allegedly stabbed while hiding behind a counter, while the 47-year-old woman who attempted to intervene was also allegedly stabbed in the arm.
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