MELBOURNE, Fla. (WFLA) — Four women were arrested Saturday after they allegedly attacked another woman at knifepoint the Florida Atlantic coast city of Melbourne and abducted her young child.

Just before 11 a.m., the Melbourne Police Department was called to a where the victim told officers her 6-year-old child was taken by multiple women who “attacked and threatened her with a knife.”

A state-wide alert was issued after the four women, Eva, 33, Ingris, 22, Marcia, 29, and 24-year-old Dilia Ical, took the child and fled in an SUV with Alabama tags.

Police said they believe the women may be related to the child’s father who lives in Alabama.

The four women reportedly drove more than 200 miles north to Columbia County, west of Jacksonville, where deputies caught them and safely returned the child to their mother.

According to police, the four women are facing charges of kidnapping, child abuse, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and will be taken to Brevard County.