Two people were injured when five masked men attacked them after a high school graduation ceremony Wednesday in New York, slashing one person in the ear and another in the leg, school officials said.
The attack outside a sports complex at Hofstra University on Long Island occurred as graduates from Hempstead and Uniondale high schools were leaving the facility with their families, said a statement released on behalf of the schools.
The statement described the person slashed in the leg as a guest of a student. That student intervened and was slashed in the ear, the statement said.
Both victims were taken to a hospital. Their conditions weren’t immediately known.
Nassau County police said they responded to a report of a possible assault at the Hofstra campus at 4:20 p.m. It wasn’t immediately clear whether any suspects were arrested.
The attack is believed to be linked to a domestic dispute, and everyone who attended the ceremony had…
