Violence erupted near Boston Common late Thursday night, resulting in four individuals sustaining injuries in what appears to have been a road rage incident. According to reports from NBC Boston, Boston police received a distress call around 11:49 p.m. Officials arrived at Park Street to find the victims with varying injuries: one had a superficial stab wound to the abdomen, another person had multiple stab wounds to the hand, a third suffered a broken right wrist, and the fourth presented with a bloody mouth after being punched in the face.

The victims, having been walking near the intersection of Park and Tremont streets, reportedly saw two groups engaged in a confrontation. They tried to intervene before being attacked by one of the groups. No arrests have been made in connection to the attack as of yet, and the investigation remains active. This incident follows mere days after a separate violent event on Monday involving a shooting at the same location, although police have not indicated any connection between the two incidents. The earlier event resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old man from Lynnfield, as reported by WHDH.

Further details provided by Boston 25 News indicate that the victims were merely bystanders attempting to de-escalate the tension between the unidentified groups. The police confirmed that the injuries, while serious, were non-life-threatening. The motivation behind the road rage confrontation that escalated to violence is still unknown, and authorities continue to seek additional information from the public.