2 stabbed, 1 slashed in Brooklyn hallway knife attack

Two people were stabbed and one slashed at the Linden Houses in Brooklyn on April 28
Two people were stabbed and one slashed at the Linden Houses in Brooklyn on April 28. Photo credit Howard Simmons/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Two people were stabbed, and another slashed, during a knife attack in a hallway of a public housing building in Brooklyn on Monday evening.

A domestic dispute led to the stabbing around 6:30 p.m. at 195 Cozine Ave., which is part of the NYCHA Linden Houses in East New York, police said.

A 26-year-old man was in a dispute with a 35-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman in a second-floor hallway of the residential building, according to sources.

A domestic dispute led to the stabbing around 6:30 p.m. at 195 Cozine Ave., part of the NYCHA Linden Houses in East New York
A domestic dispute led to the stabbing around 6:30 p.m. at 195 Cozine Ave., part of the NYCHA Linden Houses in East New York. Photo credit Google Street View

The 26-year-old stabbed the man in the back and the woman in the arm, and the victims fought back, leaving the attacker with a slash wound to the wrist, police said.

They were all transported to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.

The 26-year-old was taken into custody and is the prime suspect, police said. An investigation is ongoing.

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