This August 2012 Google maps image shows Moments Cafe at...

This August 2012 Google maps image shows Moments Cafe at 784 Elmont Rd., Elmont. Credit: Google

A man was stabbed in Elmont early Sunday, in a robbery attempt that Nassau police are investigating.

Fifth Squad detectives said four men approached the 31-year-old victim as he left Moments Cafe, 784 Elmont Rd., shortly after 3 a.m., and demanded he turn over undisclosed items.

The man refused and after a scuffle he managed to hold onto his belongings. Just before the four assailants left, the victim was stabbed in his upper chest.

After being taken to a hospital by "a person unknown to the victim," police said the man's wound was closed with six sutures. Hospital staff notified police of the stabbing.

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