Woman stabbed repeatedly inside Queens subway station

New York City subway (Marcus Santos/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

A woman was stabbed multiple times in the torso on the mezzanine level inside a Queens subway station, police said.

It happened at 8:30 p.m. on the "E" line mezzanine at the Jamaica-Van Wyck Station.

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Police said the 23-year-old woman was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition.

The suspect was taken into custody at the scene. 

It is unclear what led up to the stabbing. 

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