It happened around 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the vicinity of 45th Street and 8th Avenue in Sunset Park.
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Police say the woman was walking with her kids when an unidentified male approached her and displayed a knife.
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He then slashed her stomach, causing a minor laceration, before fleeing southbound on 7th Avenue on foot.
The victim was taken to Lutheran Medical in stable condition.
The suspect was later seen on surveillance video hopping a turnstile at a nearby subway station.
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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).
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