Crime & Safety
Teen Stabbed In Neck At Broadway Junction Station, Police Say
Two men knifed a 16-year-old in the neck and face in what appears to be an unprompted attack, police said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the face and neck while waiting for a train at Broadway Junction, police said.
The teen was waiting for a southbound A train about 10:20 p.m. Sunday when two people walked up to him and pulled out a knife, according to the NYPD.
The men repeatedly stabbed the teen in the neck in what appears to be an unprompted attack, police said.
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First responders rushed to the station and took the teen to a nearby hospital in stable condition, according to the NYPD.
The suspects fled the station on separate trains and are still being sought by police, according to the NYPD, which released a photo of the two people Wednesday.
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