Teen slashed in face on subway platform runs into Bloomingdale's for help in Manhattan

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A 16-year-old boy was slashed in the face on a subway platform on the Upper East Side Wednesday night.

It happened on the platform of the R train at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue subway station in Manhattan.
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Witnesses say the teen ran into the nearby Bloomingdale's for help.

The victim was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
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So far the circumstances of the slashing are not yet known and there are no arrests.

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