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A pair of white teens were arrested for throwing a banana and shouting racial slurs at a black teenager before pummeling him with their pals inside a Brooklyn subway station Monday morning, police said.

The 16-year-old boy was walking inside the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station when a group of nine teens attacked him during a hate-filled robbery around 8 a.m., according to sources and cops. 

The crazed white mob chucked a banana at him, called him the N-word and then kicked and punched him before snatching one of his shoes on the mezzanine level inside the station, cops said. 


  A pair of white teens were arrested for attacking a black teenager in a Coney Island subway station. Paul Martinka A pair of white teens were arrested for attacking a black teenager in a Coney Island subway station. Paul Martinka

The teen refused medical attention at the scene but later went to NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health for head injuries. 

The sickening assault was posted on Instagram and briefly went viral before it was taken down, sources said.   


  Video of the hate-filled attack was posted on Instagram before it was taken down. REUTERS Video of the hate-filled attack was posted on Instagram before it was taken down. REUTERS

Charges against the two teens — a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy — were pending Wednesday night.

The other assailants, believed to be all teenage boys, have yet to be caught. 

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident. 

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