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Three teens charged with stabbing at Back Bay station
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Transit officials said that the T's surveillance camera system helped catch three teenagers who are accused of stabbing a 17-year-old at the MBTA's Back Bay station last week. MBTA officials said the above photo shows Manuel Valette, 17, moments before he is accused of joining a crowd that attacked a 17-year-old on Feb. 19.
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
Transit officials today announced the arrest of three teenagers who are accused of stabbing a 17-year-old nine times at the MBTA's Back Bay station last week.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spokesman Joseph Pesaturo said today that investigators believe the attackers are associated with a gang based in New York City.
"The victim, they have determined, has no ties to a gang," Pesaturo said. "But the victim apparently had trouble with a person associated with the gang, or who is in a gang."
The victim, whom authorities have not identified by name, is from West Roxbury. He has been released from the hospital and is recovering from the injuries he suffered during the Feb. 19 attack. All three of the suspects have been charged with assault with intent to murder, said Pesaturo.
Two of the teens arrested are juveniles and their names are not being released, Pesaturo said. They are both expected to appear today in Boston Juvenile Court.
One of the juveniles is 16 years old, lives in Charlestown, and attends Brighton High School, he said. He was arrested Monday outside his home, Pesaturo said.
The second suspect is 15 years old, lives in Dorchester, and is a student at English High School, Pesaturo said. He was taken into custody when he appeared in Boston Juvenile Court on another matter Monday, Pesaturo said.
Pesaturo identified the third suspect as Manuel Valette, 17, a student at East Boston High School who lives in Charlestown and was arrested at the Community College Orange Line Station. Valette is scheduled to be arraigned today in Boston Municipal Court.
The stabbing occurred around 4 p.m. at the Back Bay Orange Line station and involved as many as 10 attackers, police have said. Pesaturo said today the suspects were identified with the help of the T's surveillance camera system.
