Sources: 2 train knifepoint robbery turned bloody brawl; robber stabbed with his own knife

A knifepoint robbery aboard the 2 train went awry when one victim stole the robber’s knife and used it against him, police sources say.

The brawl broke out aboard a northbound train near the Bronx Park East station just before 7 p.m. Thursday when two 18-year-old men were approached by a group of eight people.

Sources close to the investigation tell News 12 that one robber, a 17-year-old boy, stole one man’s cellphones before a fight broke out, and the 17-year-old slashed the man in the face and arm…

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