5-year-old slashed with box cutter inside Bronx mosque

Monday, August 14, 2017
LONGWOOD, Bronx (WABC) -- A 5-year-old child was slashed with a box-cutter inside of a mosque in the Bronx.

Police say a man ran inside and cut the child on the forehead at the Masjid Salam mosque in Longwood.
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However, the victim may have not been the intended target. The slasher may have been running away from a street fight and accidentally injured the boy.

The suspect ran away from the mosque and is currently on the loose.
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