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del.icio.usThe peaceful vibe of a Park Slope street festival was shattered on Sunday, when a brawl erupted outside a Mexican restaurant, leaving a man bleeding on the floor and three men arrested for assault, said police.
The brouhaha broke out at around 4 pm outside of Los Pollitos II, at St. Johns Place, in the midst of the Fifth Avenue Street Fair, according to a Sloper who was brunching at the restaurant.
“The next thing you know, these two guys are fist-fighting,” said the witness, who asked to remain anonymous.
“At first, I think, ‘OK, it’s just a fight.’ But when the waiters try to break them up, the guys go crashing into a table. Then another guy goes to break up the fight, and one of the fighters takes out a knife, stabs him in the gut, and runs off.
“The kid’s mother was screaming hysterically, ‘He’s been stabbed! He’s been stabbed!’”
Police say they arrested a 17-year-old boy and two 21-year-old men for assault. The knife was not recovered, and the victim’s wound was only superficial.
The dispute, said cops, arose from a “long-time rivalry.”
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