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Man Beaten Unconscious on Gowanus Subway Platform, Police Say

 They attacked him in the Smith-Ninth Street station on July 12, police said.
They attacked him in the Smith-Ninth Street station on July 12, police said.
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BROOKLYN — A man was beaten unconscious after getting into an argument with a group of five people on a Gowanus subway platform on July 12, police said.

The 43-year-old victim, whose name was not immediately released, was on the southbound platform of the Smith-Ninth Street subway station, which serves the F and G, about 9:50 p.m. when he and a group of three men and two women started arguing, NYPD officials said.

The group, who can be seen in surveillance photos, beat him unconscious and fled the station, police said.

The victim, who suffered a cut to his head and pain to his mouth, was treated at Methodist Hospital where he was listed in stable condition, police said.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).