Girl, 8, was fatally stabbed after trying to intervene in knife attack on mum in Wexford home as horror details emerge Gardai said investigating officers ‘are following a definite line of enquiry and are not looking for anyone else in connection with this investigation’ Todays Irish Sun Paper, get the full Story. The child, named locally as Malikika Al Kattib, received stab wounds to her back and chest at 11.45pm on Sunday and was pronounced dead in Waterford University Hospital a short time after her arrival.