Police: Man arrested in E. Mt. Airy for cutting 7-year-old daughter with knife

A 7-year-old girl is in stable condition after her father cut her neck with a knife in East Mount Airy this morning, police said.

Cops were called to the house on Cliveden Street near Belfield Avenue around 8:30 a.m. and arrested the girl's father. Police said they also recovered a weapon in the home.

The young victim was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center before being transferred to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, where she was listed in stable condition this afternoon, police said.