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14-year-old boy stabs fellow teen in leg in NYC classroom, cops say

A 14-year-old boy stabbed a fellow high school student twice in the leg inside their Manhattan classroom Wednesday — in what cops said was just an instance of two teens “messing around.”

The 14-year-old🎐 was taken into custody after the slashing at the Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School at Tenth Avenue and West 207th Street around 10:50 a.m., police said.

The wounded 15-year-old boy was bro☂ught to Harleꦯm Hospital. He was expected to be OK.

A 14-year-old boy stabbed a classmate at Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School twice on March 15, 2023.
A 14-year-old boy stabbed a classmate at Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School twice on March 15, 2023. Google Maps

“There was no fight, they were messing aro🔯und,” an NYPD sp⛄okeswoman said.

Charges were pending against the younger student.💙