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A Harlem woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday for stabbing a rival celebrating her 21st birthday and murdering the rival’s mother who tried to protect her.

Ashanti Daniels cried in court when Justice A. Kirke Bartley Jr. handed down the term for slashing Tomiesha Abraham and fatally stabbing her mom, Michelle Kenny, July 5, 2016.

“She took away my angel,” said the murder victim’s mom, Maureen Kenny, who traveled from her home in Orlando, Fla., to attend the Manhattan Supreme Court sentencing.

She said that Daniels has “nothing but coldness in her face” and deserved the maximum.

The deadly brawl began when Abraham emerged from an apartment where she was celebrating her birthday with her mom and friends.

She spotted Daniels, who lived on the same floor, drunk and half dressed in the hallway, and stared at her. The two exchanged words then punches.

Abraham’s mom heard the commotion from inside the apartment and rushed to her daughter’s side.

Minutes later, Daniels ran to her kitchen, retrieved a knife and repeatedly stabbed Michelle in the head and chest then pursued Abraham into a stairwell and plunged the blade into her gut.

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