Teen stabbed during soccer game in Huntington Station, cops say

A teenager was stabbed Sunday afternoon while playing soccer in Huntington Station, police said.

The 16-year-old boy was playing at Manor Field Park on East Fifth Street when a group of males accosted him and cut him with a sharp object about 2:20 p.m., Suffolk police said.

The victim was taken by the Huntington Community First Aid Squad to Huntington Hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Detectives are looking for the attackers and asking anyone with information on the assault to call the Second Squad at 631-854-8252 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-220-8477.

By Nicole Fuller

nicole.fuller@newsday.com@NicoleFuller

Nicole Fuller is Newsday's senior criminal justice reporter. She began working at Newsday in 2012 and previously covered local government.