Mother Stabs 8-Day-Old Baby in the Eye, Tells Cops God Told Her To: Police

A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her own newborn baby.

And cops say she told them it was the will of God.

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Tanishia Fielder told police "God told her to" stab the baby and also instructed her to kill, dismember and dispose of him because he was "by the devil," according to a criminal complaint obtained by WTAE.

The 33-year-old was arrested Friday after she allegedly tried to hide a knife under a dumpster near her home following the attack.

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The baby was reportedly taken to a hospital with stab wounds to his right eye.

Fielder reportedly faces charges of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

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