A 5-year-old girl was slashed in the face by a teenager who was horsing around with a knife on a Bronx sidewalk Friday afternoon, cops and law enforcement sources said.
The girl was walking with her mother on Third Avenue – around 3:10 p.m. when they passed a group of teens messing around at the corner of East Tremont Avenue, the sources said.
During the horseplay, one teen accidentally dropped a knife on the ground.
As he picked up the knife, he somehow slashed the young girl on the side of the face, sources said.
It’s not clear whether the slashing was accidental or not.
The teens — who are strangers to the girl and her mom — fled east on East Tremont Avenue.
No arrests were immediately made.
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The girl was knifed in the right side of the face around 3:10 p.m. at the corner of Third Avenue and East Tremont Avenue – near Walter Gladwin Park, police said.
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