CROFTON, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County police say two sisters and their mother stabbed in a Crofton domestic dispute are in fair condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Police say Julio Cesar Esquetini, 49, is under police guard at Shock Trauma, where he is also being treated for stab wounds.

Police say Esquetini is facing charges including assault and attempted murder.

Police spokesman Justin Mulcahy says a woman who called police about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday said she, her sister and mother had been stabbed by her father.

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