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The hammer-wielding attacker who allegedly bludgeoned a Brooklyn mom to death and critically injured her two young kids was charged with murder and attempted murder, police said early Thursday.

Police say the children are just 5 and 3 years old.

A mother was killed and her two young children critically injured after a man attacked them with a hammer in New York City on Wednesday.

Liyong Le, 47, is under guard at the Maimionides Midwood Community Hospital after police found him covered in blood outside the womans apartment in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn.

Police have charged a man for killing a 43-year-old woman and severely injuring her young children with a hammer in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. 

A man has been charged with murder in connection with a grisly hammer attack that killed a mother and left her two children critically injured in their Brooklyn apartment on Wednesday afternoon. What happened: Zhao Zhao, 43, was beaten to death with a hammer in a shared apartment on 52nd Street in Sunset Park at around 2 p.m. Her 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter were also attacked and are currently in critical condition at NYU Langone Hospital. The suspect: Liyong Ye, 43, a roommate, was...

Zhao Zhao was killed inside a Sunset Park apartment on 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues around 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to police. The 43-year-old...

A suspect is in custody after allegedly attacking a family in their New York City home with a hammer, fatally striking the woman and seriously injuring her two young children, authorities said Wednesday.

Neighbors said the childrens father worked in a restaurant in Ohio, returning home every month and was not home when the attack took place.

A hammer-wielding man attacked a family inside a Brooklyn apartment, killing a mother and leaving her two children critically injured, according to police.