A man stabbed multiple times Friday night in a neighborhood near San Diego State University told police he was attacked by four people dressed up as clowns. 
 
 The man, who police did not identify, said he got into an argument with someone as he was riding his skateboard in the neighborhood, police said. When he was about to leave, the group in clown costumes attacked him, authorities said. 
 
 The man showed up at a local hospital with gashes to his left cheek and the back of his right shoulder and two cuts to his lower abdomen, police said. 
 
 None of the wounds are life-threatening. 
 
 The man did not provide any further details about the stabbing or the suspects, police said. 
 
 The investigation is continuing. 
 
 david.hernandez@sduniontribune.coom 
 
 Hernandez writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune 
 
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 SAN DIEGO -- A male hospitalized for stab wounds told police he was attacked and stabbed by four people in clown costumes near San Diego State University. 
 
 Officers responded to the victim at a hospital who told them the incident occurred at 8:57 p.m. Friday in the College East neighborhood but police did not disclose the exact location. 
 
 The victim told police he was riding his skateboard when he got into a verbal argument with someone across the street, according to Officer Robert Heims of the San Diego Police Department. 
 
 The victim said he started to skateboard away when four people in clown costumes attacked him. 
 
 The victim had a deep laceration to his left cheek and the back of his right shoulder and two stab wounds to his lower abdomen, Heims said, adding that his injuries were non-life threatening. 
 
 Anyone with information related to the incident was asked to call San Diego police or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
– Yes, menacing clowns are apparently still hanging around, and now they're getting stabby. A man tells police he was stabbed by a group of men dressed as clowns shortly before 9pm Friday near San Diego State University, KGTV reports. The man was riding a skateboard when he got into an argument with someone across the street. He says he was skateboarding away when four clowns attacked him. According to the Los Angeles Times, the man took himself to the hospital with knife wounds to his cheek, shoulder, and abdomen. None of the wounds were life-threatening, and the man declined to give any further details about the clowns or what happened to him. Police are continuing to investigate.