VIDEO: Teen boys hospitalized after double stabbing in Queens, attacker sought

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD is searching for a suspect wanted in a double stabbing of two teen boys that occurred in Queens last week, authorities said.

At approximately 3:15 p.m. on Friday, March 17, a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy were walking in the vicinity of Highland Avenue and 165th Street in Jamaica Hills when they became engaged in a dispute and a physical altercation with the suspect, officials said.

The suspect then stabbed the 16-year-old boy in the torso, and the 15-year-old boy in the arm and torso.

The attacker fled on foot westbound on Highland Avenue and then northbound on 164th Street.

The victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition.

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The suspect was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black hat, and black pants.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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