A woman has been arrested on suspicion of trying to kill her three children by feeding them ant poison, police said.
Paw Eh, 31, is charged with the attempted capital murder of her two sons, aged four and seven, and 12-year-old daughter.
The girl told police in Dallas, Texas, that she watched her mother watched mix a tablespoon of poison powder with water and force the youngest boy to eat it, according to an arrest report.
The schoolgirl and the older boy ran for help when Eh tried to make them swallow the same poison, police said.
Eh had previously told the children that she was going to kill them and herself, the report said.
The four-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital following the incident on Saturday.
He is in a stable condition, according to police. The two older children are with a family member.
Eh was being held in the Dallas County jail on a $500,000 bond, Reuters reported
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