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MANHATTAN

*** Four suspects were arrested yesterday in the stabbing of a teenager.

The violence began about 2:45 p.m. at West 29th Street and Broadway when six unidentified young men got into an argument with another group.

During the dispute, one of the six pulled a knife and stabbed a 17-year-old.

The assailants fled, but four of them were caught at East 28th Street and Park Avenue South, cops said.

The victim, who suffered a leg wound, was listed in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.

*** Two thugs shot dead a man early yesterday after accosting him outside a Harlem housing project, cops said.

The 25-year-old victim, whose name was not released yesterday, was confronted by the two unidentified gunmen outside the Polo Grounds housing project at 2991 Eighth Ave., police said.

At least one of the gunmen shot the victim once in the head before fleeing.

BROOKLYN

*** Two ex-lovers were charged with attacking each other during a Thanksgiving Day argument over a turkey, authorities said yesterday.

Sources said Diane Mills, 45, exchanged angry words with former boyfriend Nathaniel Matthews, 42, in Mills’ residence on Bergen Street near Nostrand Avenue at about 9:50 a.m.

Matthews told authorities that Mills picked up a wooden chair and smashed him in the face, head and body.

Mills told authorities that Matthews slugged her in the face while she defended herself.

Mills called police, who arrested the pair.

Matthews, who suffered lip injuries and facial cuts, was charged with assault and menacing.

Mills, who sustained facial bruises and a cut head, was hit with the same charges. She was also charged with resisting arrest.

Cops said they found a pipe with drug residue in her pocket.

*** A Borough Park man has been charged with threatening and attacking several people with a vacuum cleaner during a Thanksgiving party, authorities said yesterday.

Falic Jairala, 36, was busted at about 4:30 a.m. Friday and charged with assault, menacing and harassment.

Sources said Jairala became enraged after a guest made a wisecrack about his brother trying to steal the visitor’s coat at Jairala’s soirée in his 62nd Street residence near 17th Avenue.

Jairala allegedly hit two of the partygoers.

He then grabbed a vacuum cleaner and swung it around as he told his wife, stepson and other partygoers that they could not leave, sources said.

Jairala’s stepson then tried to stop him from swinging the vacuum, but Jairala allegedly hit him in the head with it.

After his wife called police, Jairala was arrested and charged with assault and menacing.

*** A teenager was shot in the leg on an East Flatbush street yesterday, police said.

The 18-year-old victim was arguing with an unidentified man at Albany and Church avenues at about 12:05 p.m.

The man shot the teen and fled.

The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

*** Two cops arrested three unruly siblings after the trio roughed them up in a Flatbush apartment, police said.

The officers responded to the Empire Boulevard residence yesterday afternoon after the siblings’ mother called 911 following a dispute between her and her son, cops said.

When the cops went inside, they were confronted by the mother’s son and two other siblings who fought with police.

During the struggle, the officers managed to arrest all three siblings, whose names and charges were not immediately available.

QUEENS

*** Police are searching for a mystery gunman who fatally shot a 69-year-old man in Hollis.

Cops said the victim – whose name was withheld pending family notification – was shot twice at Woodhull Avenue near 191st Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cops discovered his body inside his home after neighbors became concerned that they hadn’t heard from the elderly man and called police.

An acquaintence, Emily Rivera, said the victim “loved music, watching the news and baseball. He was a big Mets fan.

“He was like a grandfather to my kids. He told my husband we’re the only family he’s got.”

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