A 12-year-old girl is clinging to life after her stepfather stabbed her in the head — and also attacked her mother in a violent rampage earlier this week, cops said Friday.

Joshua Burnside, 28, repeatedly knifed the pre-teen in the head and slashed her on the face during the burst of violence around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday inside the family’s apartment on East 173rd Street near Boone Avenue in Charlotte Gardens, police said.

He also stabbed his 31-year-old wife in the stomach and slashed her on the face, authorities said. 3

Two younger kids, a 5-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl, were at home when the violence erupted, but they were not injured, police said.

The gravely injured 12-year-old — who suffered facial bruising in addition to the stab wounds — was rushed to Cohen Children’

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