A man attacked a four-year-old with a knife in a supermarket. The suspect is a stranger to the girl and her mother.

A witness in the supermarket saw the crime and intervened. The girl is in stable condition. The man was due to appear before the judge late on Thursday afternoon, who would decide whether to pre-trial detention. The police emphasized that the attack on the toddler was not an everyday case: “Crimes of this kind are very rare,” said the police spokeswoman.