Woman stabbed near Queens bodega by assailants on moped: NYPD
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – A woman is recovering at a Queens hospital after being stabbed in the stomach by a person on a moped Saturday evening, police say.
Officers from the 110th precinct received a call at 4:49 p.m. to help a woman who had been stabbed in front of 95-24 41st Avenue. The 29-year-old victim had gotten into an argument with a man and a woman in front of a bodega before she was hit with a motorcycle helmet and then stabbed, authorities stated.
Her accomplice is described as a male, last seen wearing a black soccer jersey. The female attacker was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, police say.
The assailants fled on a black moped towards Junction Boulevard.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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