Overview
- Police were alerted by neighbors before dawn on March 5 and found two girls in critical condition and their mother with a deep neck wound in a Rímac residence.
- The three were taken to Hospital Cayetano Heredia for emergency care following what authorities say was the administration of toxic substances to the children.
- Caretas reports hospital staff confirmed both children died and lists their ages as 7 months and 4 years.
- Trome and the later report from Perú21, citing preliminary Policía Nacional information, say the girls—reported as 3 and 5—were stabilized and are out of danger under observation.
- The mother was stabilized and remains hospitalized under police custody, with Dirincri set to question her and the UPE of the MIMP expected to assess protective measures for the family.