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An 11-year-old Venezuelan boy was arrested as the main “aggressor” in a violent subway mugging — and has been linked to a larger string of robberies in Central Park being committed by migrant kids, police said Wednesday.
The baby-faced perp and a 17-year-old boy were both taken into custody hours after they allegedly attacked a straphanger on a Manhattan-bound 7 train at about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday near the Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue stop in Queens, law enforcement sources said.
“He just kinda grabbed it and from there, they passed it around,” the 24-year-old victim told The Post by phone on Wednesday.
“When I fought back to try to get my phone, they attacked. They jumped me.”
He described the younger boy to cops as the “primary aggressor” in the incident, police said.
“He was essentially provoking it,” recalled the Manhattan-based IT professional, who requested anonymity.
“He was just up in my face and stuff like that.”
The young suspects had the stolen phone with them when they were nabbed near the Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in Midtown Manhattan at around 10:15 p.m., sources said.