A spat between two Times Square𓂃 straphangers over a newspaper ended in violence Tuesday when one of them threw a punch and the ♉other returned the favor by slashing him on the side of his head with a box-cutter, cops said.
The dispute started on the northbound A/C platform at theꦦ 42nd Street/Port Authority stop shortly after noon and led to both of the men being arrested, cops said.
According to a cop at the scene, the fight started when Mohammed Gurnah, 19, sat on some newspapers Caroberto Cordero, 42, had set down on a bench. The dispute escalated, and Gurna🐻h threw a punch, and Cordero reci🎶procated by brandishing a box cutter and slashing him behind the ear, police said.
Police say they have surveillance camera﷽🌼 footage of the incident.
Cordero was arrested at Columbus Circle, cops sai𓆏d. The weapon was recovered.
Gurnah was taken to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital for a non-critical wound and also arrested, pꦰolice said.