2 men slashed after argument outside nightclub in Chelsea

CHELSEA, Manhatta (WABC) -- Police are investigating after two men were slashed outside a Manhattan nightclub.

Police say it started when two men who had been kicked out of a Chelsea nightclub at 6th Avenue and 22nd Street got into an argument with a man on the street.

One of those men slashed the victim in the hand. The victim went to Bellevue Hospital.

Another man who they had been drinking with at the nightclub was also slashed while trying to break up the fight, cut in the shoulder and wrist. He jumped into a cab and also went to Bellevue Hospital.

The injuries to both men were minor.

There has been a recent series of slashing incidents across the city. Here is information about the others:

* 2/22 | Harlem, Manhattan | Woman slashed in face during robbery

* 2/21 | Williamsbridge, Bronx | NYPD officer slahsed while responding to fight

* 2/21 | Morrisania, Bronx | Man slashed in face while walking on street

* 2/18 | SoHo, Manhattan | Man slashed in face during attempted robbery

* 2/17 | Greenwich Village, Manhattan | Server needs 120 stitches after slashing

* 2/16 | Washington Heights, Manhattan | Cab driver slashed in face during fare dispute

* 2/12 | Van Nest, Bronx | 20-year-old woman robbed, slashed while walking home

* 2/7 | East Tremont, Bronx | Man slashed in cheek after dispute at subway station

* 2/2 | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | 18-year-old slashed while walking home

* 2/2 | Parkchester, Bronx | 65-year-old businessman slashed during robbery

* 2/2 | Harlem, Manhattan | Man slashed in face during attempted robbery

* 1/31 | Harlem, Manhattan | Man slashed during attempted robbery on C train

* 1/25 | NoHo, Manhattan | 71-year-old woman slashed while riding D train

* 1/16 | East Village, Manhattan | 30-year-old man slashed while walking down the street

* 1/14 | East Tremont, Bronx | Man gets 100+ stitches after slashing attack

* 1/6 | Chelsea, Manhattan | 24-year-old woman slashed while walking to work

* 12/30 | East Side, Manhattan | Employee, customer slashed inside McDonald's

* 12/16 | Crown Heights, Brooklyn | Man slashed in the face coming out of subway station

* 12/16 | Whitestone, Queens | 16-year-old exchange student slashed in throat

* 11/5 | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn | 2 slashed in head aboard C train