Five students and one security guard were slashed in an afternoon brawl at a Queens high school Wednesday, police sources said.
The skirmish erupted around 12:45 p.m. inside The New Dawn Charter High School on 161st Street near 89th Avenue in Jamaica – with three 17-year-old boys and two other teen boys, 16 and 18, suffering minor slash wounds, according to cops and the sources.
Two of the teens were hospitalized – including the 16-year-old who was slashed on the face, and one of the 17-year-olds, who was knifed on his finger, the sources said.
A school security guard, a 59-year-old man, was slashed on the right arm, according to the sources.
All of the teens were taken into custody and had not faced charges by later in the afternoon.
