Infant-stabbing suspect claims she confused newborns with wolves

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Deranged day care worker Yu Fen Wang went for the knife and the meat cleaver after something snapped inside her.

The 52-year-old Chinese immigrant, in an exclusive Rikers Island interview, offered a bizarre explanation and an apology for gashing three newborn girls and two adults during a bloody Sept. 20 rampage through an illegal Queens babysitting business.

“I don’t know why I did such a thing or what I was thinking about,” said Wang, speaking Friday in her native Mandarin with the Daily News. “At the moment, I thought they were not babies, but wolves. “So I slashed.”

Three infants — a 12-day-old, a 32-day-old and a 33-day-old — were hospitalized in critical condition with injuries inflicted by Wang’s two sharp blades, officials said. She was charged with five counts of attempted murder in the 3:45 a.m. stabbing spree. A fourth infant suffered a skull fracture in the chaos. The two weapons used in the attacks were found at the scene.

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1. She may suffer from schizophrenia or some similar mental illness.