A Riverhead teenager was stabbed while walking home from school Tuesday, police say.

Police say five suspects were in black ski masks and confronted the 16-year-old victim with a knife at around 1:30 p.m. behind Harbor Freight Tools on Old Country Road.

They demanded his personal belongings and during a struggle, the victim was cut in the chest and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspects ran off before police arrived.