Police Hunt A Dozen Suspects After Lower East Side Slashing

LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are hunting for about a dozen men who fled after a victim was slashed in the face under the Manhattan Bridge Sunday evening, officials said.

The man was sliced on South Street near Market Slip at approximately 5:30 p.m. Emergency responders rushed the man to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

It is unclear why the man was attacked, police said.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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