<body><div>A woman is facing charges after allegedly stabbing her four-year-old niece "multiple times" while babysitting her at a home in New Jersey.The Paterson Police Department rushed to the residence where Mabel Campechano, 27, was looking after her niece Amber at approximately 4.05pm on August 23, after receiving a report of a child who had been stabbed. Officers located the girl and noticed she had been stabbed "multiple times", according to a press release from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office.The girl was taken to St Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson for treatment, where she underwent surgery after suffering a punctured lung and punctured liver. According to reports, her diaphragm was also affected in the stabbing.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2axArh_0vkKIlSV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2axArh_0vkKIlSV00" width="310" height="465" ><figcaption>Mabel Campechano is being held at the Bergen County Jail pending a hearing ( Image: Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office)</figcaption></figure>Speaking outside the hospital, Amber's dad Faherem LaSane told ABC affiliate WABC: "She couldn't respond because she had tubes and everything down her, but she opened her eyes and when she heard my voice she started making eye contact trying to see me." He then recalled his "joy" at seeing that his child was responsive after the attack. Neighbors who witnessed the horror as the child, covered in blood, was carried out from the home by her mom said she had a "big gash on her forehead" and was all wrapped up. According to an affidavit of probable cause, the girl told her mother that Mabel - who is her aunt - had stabbed her.After the attack, LaSane added: "I was totally dumbfounded and I was shocked because I didn't want to believe it. I didn't want to believe it at all. However, I rushed to the hospital as fast as I could and I got here and I've been here ever since."Police spoke with Campechano's father on September 5 and he told her that he asked his daughter several days after the stabbing if she "had any insight into" the incident. According to police, who recorded their phone interview with the father, Campechano said: "Yes dad. I'm sorry, pa."Prosecutors said that Campechano wasn't found in the aftermath of the stabbing and was only arrested on Monday after she turned herself into the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. While a motive for the violence hasn't been shared, it has been reported that the woman might have mental health issues, with people in the neighborhood saying she would often talk to herself while walking around the streets.Campechano is now facing attempted murder, child endangerment and weapons charges. She is being held at the Bergen County Jail pending a hearing. </div></body>

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New Jersey woman 'stabs niece, 4, repeatedly' as child left with horror injuries and gash on forehead

A woman is facing charges after allegedly stabbing her four-year-old niece \"multiple times\" while babysitting her at a home in New Jersey. The Paterson Police Department rushed to the residence where Mabel Campechano, 27, was looking after her niece Amber at approximately 4.05pm on August 23, after receiving a report of a child who had been stabbed. Officers located the girl and noticed she had been stabbed \"multiple times\", according to a press release from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office.

A woman is facing charges after allegedly stabbing her four-year-old niece "multiple times" while babysitting her at a home in New Jersey. The Paterson Police Department rushed to the residence where Mabel Campechano, 27, was looking after her niece Amber at approximately 4.05pm on August 23, after receiving a report of a child who had been stabbed. Officers located the girl and noticed she had been stabbed "multiple times", according to a press release from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office.