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5-year-old Neb. girl stabbed; teen held

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 17-year-old Lincoln boy is being held in a youth detention center after police say he stabbed a 5-year-old girl several times with a kitchen knife. Police say that the teen was outside a family friend’s house when he went inside, picked up the knife and went into a bedroom were two girls were playing. Police say he stabbed the 5-year-old several times in the back and chest. The girl ran outside to tell her mother. She is expected to recover. Police say there appeared to be no reason for the attack, but said the teen suffers from a traumatic brain injury. The teen has been charged with first-degree assault and is being held on $200,000 bail.

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