2 Teens Attacked In 1 Train Station With Scalpel, NYPD Says

INWOOD, NY — Police are looking for four people who slashed two teenagers in the faces with a scalpel and stole their shoes and a cellphone at Inwood's Dyckman Street station, New York City Police Department officials said on Tuesday.

According to the NYPD, two boys, 15 and 16 years old, were standing on the downtown platform waiting for the 1 train at Dyckman Street on Feb. 17 around 3 p.m. when four people punched and kicked the victims, and used a scalpel to slash the 16-year-old on the head and the 15-year-old on the nose and lip.

Then, the group removed the 16-year-old's cellphone and Nike Jordan sneakers and then took just one Nike Jordan sneaker from the 15-year-old, before running off, heading northbound on Dyckman Street, police said.

Both victims were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in stable condition, authorities said.

No arrests have been made yet, but police say they are looking for the perpetrators and have described one suspect as a roughly 16-year-old boy last seen wearing a dark green Canada Goose coat with gray sweatpants and black sneakers. Another suspect was last seen wearing a black winter coat with tan fur on the hood and blue jeans, authorities said.

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