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6 Harlem students sent to hospital after inhaling noxious pepper spray fumes

  • At least 8 grade school kids were reportedly pepper sprayed...

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    At least 8 grade school kids were reportedly pepper sprayed inside their charter school, the Hope Leadership Academy at 200 W 134 St., Manhattan. FD medics removing child to waiting ambulance. Thursday . May 7, 2015 Andrew Savulich / New York Daily News)

  • At least 8 grade school kids were reportedly pepper sprayed...

    Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News

    At least 8 grade school kids were reportedly pepper sprayed inside their charter school, the Hope Leadership Academy at 200 W 134 St., Manhattan. Thursday . May 7, 2015 Andrew Savulich / New York Daily News)

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Six Harlem students were hospitalized Thursday after they were overcome by noxious pepper spray fumes, officials said.

Cops were investigating the incident, which occurred at 2:40 p.m. inside Public School 92 on W. 134th St. near Frederick Douglass Blvd.

Witnesses at the scene said the pepper spray was released in the school’s cafeteria.

Sixteen students were being treated at the school, officials said. Six were later taken to area hospitals for further treatment. The students’ injuries did not appear to be serious, an FDNY source said.

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