The Big Apple’s ongoing spike in teen violence showed no signs of slowing down Monday, with at least two more youngsters attacked in the five boroughs overnight.
A 16-year-old boy was slashed at a Bronx subway station shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, hours after a 15-year-old was slugged and stabbed in Brooklyn, police sources said — even as The Post reported on the troubling trend of teen violence plaguing the city.
“The young criminals are the most violent. The gang members know they’re not going to jail,” said Queens Councilman Robert Holden, who serves on the council’s Committee on Public Safety. “They should be treated as adults. The state legislature and governor are asleep at the switch.
“It’s going to get worse before it gets better.”
In the most recent incident, the young victim was getting off a 5 train at the Pelham Parkway subway station at 11:35 p.m. when he made eye contact with another straphanger — enough to tick off the attacker, who slashed him on the arm and took off on the train, the sources said.