Immigrant — Just 13 Years Old — Stabs Man With Help of 3 Masked Accomplices Because Victim Wouldn’t Snap Their Photo: Report

A 13-year-old immigrant from Ecuador stabbed a man in New York City with help from three masked accomplices after the victim wouldn’t photograph them, the New York Post reported, citing police and sources.

A young teenage male and his comrades approached the 23-year-old victim around 9 p.m. Sunday at West 40th Street and Seventh Avenue and asked him to take a photo of them, police and sources told the Post.

When the man declined, the 13-year-old and the other three ganged up on the man, punching him in the face and stabbing him in the back and leg with a brass-knuckle knife, the paper said, citing authorities.

Police added that they unsuccessfully tried to grab the victim’s cellphone, the Post reported, adding that authorities and police said the victim refused medical attention as the stab wounds were superficial.

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The suspects ran off, but officers managed to nab the male teen in question after searching the area with the victim, police added to the paper. (Read more from “Immigrant — Just 13 Years Old — Stabs Man With Help of 3 Masked Accomplices Because Victim Wouldn’t Snap Their Photo: Report” HERE)

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