UPDATE: Women Be Getting Stabby At H&M?

via Racked

[Update Below] Never come between a woman and her $20 sweaters: according to several witnesses ("twitnesses"), there was a stabbing at the H&M store on 34th street this morning. They allege that the stabbing was over someone cutting in line at the popular clothing store. Cops have saturated the area, three people are said to be in ambulances, and two people in handcuffs. According to RackedNY, hundreds of people lined up at 7 a.m. this morning at the H&M store at 51st street for the opening of the Lanvin x H&M collection. Could shopping madness be spreading through H&M's all over the city?

Update: it seems initial reports about the stabbing may have been blown out of proportion by the Twittering nation. We called the Herald Square store, and a manager told us that there had been no stabbing incidents ("as far as she knew"), and couldn't give any insights into why ambulances were spotted in the area. Perhaps shopping madness hasn't been spreading through H&M's, but rather, shopping hysteria through the Twitter world. And it's not even Black Friday yet!

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By Ben Yakas in News on November 20, 2010 1:30 PM

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stnyc

Nobody was arrested for stabbing anybody else outside the Herald Square H&M today.

stnyc

You might not wanna be getting yo "journalism" via Twitter yo.

OSN!

What precinct is Shaniqua being held at?

ntmncer

Of course the store mgmt is going to downplay/deny.... perhaps Four Loko was involved?

Cannibal

Wow. So shocking that customers would have twitter blown this shit out of proportion. Especially at H&M.

Cannibal

There should be more holiday shopping related stabbings, keep the crowds down.

blue maze

haha wat women carries a knife (why not pepperspray?)

jaycjay

Hmmm.... maybe unsubstantiated Twitter posts aren't are really reliable news source.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

Consumerism at it's worst

XxSuntoucherxX

These are the kinds of shenanigans I would have expected the day after Thanksgiving. I'm going to reserve the rights to the Black Friday Pay Per view!

Stevennnn

Don't want to mess with shoppers. This is only the beginning with Black Friday next week and shoppers thinking the world is going to end with buying gifts after gifts.