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2 Women Stabbed and Another 6 Burned With Drain Cleaner in Brawl, NYPD Says

 The eight women fought at Schenectady Avenue and Carroll Street, police said.
The eight women fought at Schenectady Avenue and Carroll Street, police said.
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DNAinfo/Trevor Kapp

CROWN HEIGHTS — Two women were stabbed and another six had their faces burned with drain cleaner in a Crown Heights brawl Wednesday night, police said.

The eight women — aged 17 to 22 — fought at the intersection of Schenectady Avenue and Carroll Street about 11;20 p.m., an NYPD spokesman said.

Sources said the fight began as an argument on Facebook about a past relationship and then spilled into the street.

"They were throwing bottles. They were trying to stab each other. I thought they were going to kill each other. I never saw a fight like that in my life," said a man who only gave his name as Steve, 50.

"I was in the kitchen and heard some screaming. A woman screamed, 'Get off me! Get off me!' She was yelling, 'Leave me alone! Stop choking me!'" said another witness, David, 40.

David saw one girl lying on a stretcher in the aftermath and another with a bandaged left hand, he said.

An 18-year-old woman was stabbed in the left arm and a 20-year-old woman was stabbed in the back, police said.

Both were listed in stable condition at Kings County Hospital, police said.

The six other women — a 17-year-old, two 19-year-olds, and a 20, 21 and 22-year-old — suffered burns to their face and eye areas from a drain cleaning agent, an NYPD spokesman said.

They were listed in stable condition at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital, police said.

Seven of the women were taken into police custody but were still awaiting formal charges as of Thursday morning, sources said.