A 17-year-old beaten badly and stabbed multiple times was taken to the hospital Saturday after a group jumped him at a midtown subway station, police said.
The teen entered the station at East 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue shortly before 4:30 p.m., but was followed in by six assailants that police say meant to do him harm.
Police said the group attacked him on the platform of the 6 train and beat him repeatedly before one in the group pulled out a knife and stabbed the teen several times.
While it's not known where the perps fled to, police believe the suspects and victim are known to each other.
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The department released surveillance images of the six assailants over the weekend in hopes of tracking down the 17-year-old's attackers. He had to be taken to a local hospital where he was stitched up and treated for his wounds.
The investigation is ongoing.
