Man accused of slashing 11-year-old girl in East Harlem arrested: police

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MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Authorities have arrested a man accused of slashing an 11-year-old girl near the East 116th Street subway station in East Harlem, police said.

The young victim was slashed in the back of the head at 2:30 p.m. Friday, authorities said. She then ran to a nearby subway station to ask for help.

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The victim was loaded into an ambulance surrounded by paramedics and NYPD police officers, videos show. More than a dozen NYPD officers secured the crime scene with yellow crime scene tape.

First responders took the girl to a hospital for treatment, police said.

Shaquan Cummings, 30, was charged Friday with assault, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.

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