Crime & Safety

Two Teens Stabbed By Five People In Linden Hill: Police

Police are searching for the five boys, described as 14 to 17 years of age, that stabbed two 17-year-olds between 34 Ave. and Parsons Blvd.

Two teenage boys were stabbed by five other boys in Linden Hill on Tuesday morning, police said.
Two teenage boys were stabbed by five other boys in Linden Hill on Tuesday morning, police said. (Courtesy of NYPD)

QUEENS — Two teenage boys were stabbed by five other boys in Linden Hill on Tuesday morning, police said.

Police are searching for the five boys, described as 14 to 17 years of age, that stabbed two 17-year-olds between 34 Avenue and Parsons Boulevard about 9 a.m., the NYPD said.

After a verbal fight, the five teens attacked the boys by punching, kicking, and stabbing them on their bodies, authorities said.

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One of the wounded boys was taken to Booth Memorial Hospital in stable condition, while the other 17-year-old was taken to Flushing Hospital and then to Cohen's Long Island Hospital with a stab wound to the right hip, police said.

The NYPD released images of the stabbers on Wednesday.

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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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