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It happened at the Saggios restaurant on Cornell Dr. near the University of New Mexico on April 25. When police found the suspect, Nichalas San Souci, he was in a parking lot, bleeding from his head. Then, an officer told the others that San Souci had stabbed a little girl. Police later found what appeared to be a pocketknife and scissors in his pocket, but it was a Corona beer bottle that witnesses said San Souci used to stab the girl, after he hit her in the head with it.
They told police that the girl was with her family near a fountain when the attack happened, saying bystanders jumped in to help when they heard the girl scream. The girl was taken to the hospital.
The father of the victim told police that San Souci attacked the girl because he was angry she stepped in front of him. When police questioned San Souci, he claimed he dropped the beer bottle and it wasn't an attack. However, that's not what officers saw when Saggio's staff showed them the video. The father later identified San Souci as the attacker in the parking lot, and San Souci can be heard apologizing.
San Souci is facing charges for child abuse, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault. Last month, San Souci pled not guilty.
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