A 17-year-old boy was stabbed by three strangers during a dispute in a Midtown Chipotle on Monday afternoon, police said.
The teen was seriously injured when he was knifed in the torso, right hand and right cheek during the 2:40 p.m. clash at the fast-food joint on Eighth Avenue near West 51st Street in Manhattan, authorities said.
It’s not clear what sparked the dispute, but one of the teen’s attackers was armed with two knives, cops said.
He was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was listed in serious but stable condition, authorities said.
Andrew Dawson and Richird Benitez, both 20, and Justin Mercado, 19, were all charged with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the violence, police said.
Dawson was found to be carrying the two knives when he was arrested, but it was not clear which of the three allegedly stabbed the victim, cops said.
All three are strangers to the victim, the sources said.
