Stab attack on woman, her girl sees it all: cops

Thursday, April 09, 2009
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A Jersey City woman was stabbed in the head and chest by two men who attacked her on a staircase landing in her building as her daughter looked on in horror yesterday morning, officials said.

The 26-year-old victim said she was walking down the stairs in her building on Bergen and Virginia avenues when a man grabbed her from behind while a second man stabbed her numerous times, reports said.

She told responding officers both men were wearing gloves and her daughter told police she saw everything, reports said.

Both men ran after the attack and the woman was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center, where she was treated for two stab wounds to her left chest and one to her forehead, reports said. The victim also suffered numerous wounds to her hands inflicted as she tried to block the knife blade, reports said.

The wounds did not appear to be life-threatening, reports said. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Jersey City Police Department tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.