A teenager is recovering after being stabbed multiple times while walking his girlfriend to school in Castle Hill on Tuesday, police say.

According to police, 16-year-old was approached by five men who eventually began attacking and stabbing him three times in the back after the men asked him if he "was from Monroe."

Police say the incident happened around 8 a.m. near Pugsley and Seaward avenues.

There is no word on arrests made related to the incident.