A foreign domestic worker in the town of Hrebta in Baalbek attempted to murder child Ali al-Mawla, by strangling him and trying to insert a floor wiper stick into his throat.
The child was transported in a critical condition to Dar al-Hekmeh hospital in Baalbek, where he underwent the necessary first aid and was admitted to the intensive care unit.
The domestic worker managed to escape, the state-run National News Agency.