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Man Stabbed in Stomach on N Train Near Atlantic Terminal: NYPD

By Aidan Gardiner | May 20, 2016 2:17pm | Updated on May 23, 2016 8:36am

BROOKLYN — A man was stabbed in the stomach by a mugger who stole his iPhone on the N train Friday morning, police said.

The 33-year-old victim was riding the train when it approached the Atlantic Terminal and the suspect pulled a weapon on him about 11:40 a.m., an NYPD spokesman said.

"Give me your phone or I’ll stab you," the suspect told victim Efrain Guaman, 30, before the attack, Guaman told the New York Post from his hospital bed.

The suspect stabbed the victim in the gut, grabbed his phone and fled the train, police said.

Guaman was treated at Methodist Hospital, where he told the Post that he was upset that straphangers didn't intervene to help him.

The suspect, who stands about 5-foot-5, was not immediately arrested, police said.

He was last seen in a gray and black jacket, police said.

The train was removed from service and taken to the MTA's Coney Island yard for investigation, an MTA spokeswoman said.