2 nurses, medical resident injured in attack at New Jersey hospital, authorities say

NEWARK NJ– Two nurses and a physician assistant were stabbed Friday in a pediatric intensive care unit in New Jersey, suffering lacerations. A woman has been arrested and charged in the attack, authorities said.

It happened around 7 a.m. Friday at Newark Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, as a result of a “domestic dispute” involving two visitors to the hospital's pediatric intensive care unit, according to a statement the hospital posted on social media .

Firdousi Abdul-Hakim, 37, then attacked the hospital workers, who are in stable condition, said Fritz Fragé, Newark's public safety director. Abdul-Hakim is charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

Abdul-Hakim was immediately arrested and no patients or family members were injured, the hospital said.

The injured nurses and medical resident were not identified.

The 655-bed facility is a teaching hospital with more than 800 physicians and 3,200 employees and dates back to 1901.