BY MAURA DOWGIN
Staff Writer
EDISON — A 28-year-old township man was injured when an attempted robbery took a turn for the worse.
The man was assaulted on Oct. 6 at 11:30 p.m. by three men at the rear of the Metroplex Complex near Blueberry Court, according to police
The victim, who lives in the apartment complex on Blueberry Court, reported being attacked by a white man and two black men, said officer Robert Dudash, Edison police spokesman.
The men punched him and stabbed him in the lower back "with some kind of edged weapon," Dudash said.
Police are not sure what type of weapon was used during the attack, Dudash said.
The men then tried to reach into the victim’s pockets for a wallet, but left before they could take it, fleeing in the direction of Blueberry Court, he said.
There were no witnesses to the incident.
The victim was conscious when the Edison First Aid Squad brought him to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, for injuries that were not life threatening, Dudash said.