NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A group of attackers repeatedly punched a 14-year-old boy in the face before stabbing a man who rushed to his aid, the NYPD said Wednesday.
The boy was in front of an apartment building near East 10th Street and the FDR Drive in Manhattan around 5 p.m. on March 8 when he got into a dispute with six males of unknown ages, police said.
At some point during the dispute, the six started punching the boy in the face, the NYPD said.
When a 23-year-old man tried to help the boy, one of the boy's attackers stabbed him once in the lower back, police said.
The attack left the boy with a swollen face, but he refused medical attention at the scene, the NYPD said. The 23-year-old man was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, the NYPD said
Police are now searching for the six people involved in the attacks.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
