Five students were wounded and later arrested on Wednesday after a slashing at a Queens high school, the police said. The slashing occurred during a fight that broke out around 12:43 p.m. at the school, New Dawn Charter High School II in Jamaica, according to law enforcement authorities. Five students were involved, as well as a security guard who tried to break it up. All five students and the guard were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries; the five students were then taken into custody. In two consecutive days in December, a 12-year-old girl was slashed in the leg at a Bronx middle school and a 15-year-old boy was stabbed at a Brooklyn high school.

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Organizations: Queens, New Dawn Charter High, II Locations: Jamaica, New York City, Bronx, Brooklyn