A courageous 7-year-old girl had her throat slashed by an old man – and is now sharing the tale in an interview. Saida Mashrash, 7, was playing in Detroit’s Ryan Park on Tuesday at around 3:45

A man has been charged with assault with intent to murder after a seven-year-old girl had her throat slashed in the park

A 73-year-old Detroit man is behind bars for allegedly attacking a 7-year-old girl with a knife in a city park full of children, slashing her throat in an incident that ended with the child racing home to her mother for help, and the suspect in handcuffs.

DETROIT -- A 73-year-old man is accused of stabbing a 7-year-old girl in the neck Tuesday while she was at a neighborhood park. On Thursday, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Gary Lansky with one county each of assault with intent to murder and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the alleged assault.

A 73-year-old Detroit man accused of slashing a young girl's throat this week on the city's west side has been charged, officials said. Gary Lansky was arraigned Thursday in 36th District Court in Detroit, according to court records. He is charged with assault with intent to murder.

A Detroit man was arrested after allegedly slashing the neck of a 7-year-old girl this week at a park. Gary Lansky, 73, was charged with assault with intent to murder and felonious assault in connection with the attack Tuesday at Ryan Park in Detroit,

A Muslim mother and her 7-year-old daughter remained stunned and in disbelief after they say a man slashed the girl with a knife in the throat. It happened while the girl was playing at Detroit’s Lloyd Ryan Playground.