New York Daily News

2 stabbed in a rumble organized on Instagram

- Graham Rayman

A 17-YEAR-OLD man and his girlfriend’s cousin arranged via Instagram to settle a beef — deciding on the social media platform to face off in Queens, police said Sunday.

Two groups showed up to fight on 115th St. near Liberty Ave. in Richmond Hill about 10:20 p.m. Saturday.

When it was all over, two men lay stabbed and bleeding and three men were in handcuffs, police said.

Cops arrested Michael Jalkaren, 17, after he allegedly stabbed Alex Murgasen, 22, in the chest, and Shiva Balgobin, also 22, in the abdomen.

Medics rushed the two wounded men to Jamaica Hospital, according to Fire Department officials. They were expected to survive their injuries.

Jalkaren turned himself in at the precinct stationhou­se and was charged with assault. He told cops he used a gravity knife in the attack, but police have yet to find the weapon, authoritie­s said.

Murgasen and Balgobin were also charged with assault.

Cops are looking for a fourth man they say was involved in the brawl.

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