New Delhi, April 7 -- A horrifying attack by a man with a meat cleaver in Brooklyn on Sunday morning left several people injured - including three young girls - before police shot the suspect, The New York Post reported. The chaos erupted around 10 a.m. on 84th Street in Bensonhurst, sending shockwaves through the neighborhood.

The suspect, described as a man around 40 years old, slashed at least four people, including a woman and three girls aged between 8 and 16, before charging at responding NYPD officers and being shot multiple times, The Post reported citing sources.

"I was watching through the window and the girl covered in blood came out," said a neighbor identified only as Maria by The Post. "And then there was another girl. The...