NJ business owners stabbed by customer still furious over sandwich from 4 years ago

🍆 Two bakery owners in NJ were stabbed last week by an angry customer

🍆 The customer was upset over a sandwich he ordered four years ago

🍆 One owner is still hospitalized in critical condition

PATERSON — Stabbed over an eggplant sandwich.

That’s what happened to two Passaic County bakery owners, according to ABC 7 Eyewitness News.

The two brothers who own Baladna Bakery on Main Street in Paterson said they were stabbed over an eggplant sandwich they apparently served to a customer four years ago.

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A friend of the victims told ABC 7 that the man walked into the bakery around 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, complaining about the eggplant he had wrongly gotten on his sandwich four years ago, saying he was allergic, and that it made him sick to his stomach.

The dispute then turned violent when bakery owner Mohammed Assad was stabbed in the stomach, ABC 7 reported. When his brother, Abed, stepped in to help, he was stabbed in the arm.

The man then ran out of the bakery.

Both brothers were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center. Abed is back at work with his arm in a sling, all bandaged up.

But Mohammad is still in the hospital, fighting for his life.

Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh told ABC 7 he is confident an arrest will be made soon and asked businesses in the area to cooperate with the investigation.

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