PATERSON, N.J. (WPIX) — The owner of a popular New Jersey bakery was stabbed Thursday morning by a customer claiming the shop gave him the wrong sandwich four years ago, officials said Friday.

The customer and the victim were arguing over the old order when the suspect allegedly attacked the owner and a worker in the Baladna Bakery on Main Street in Paterson at around 8 a.m., according to authorities.

Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said the man was upset because, four years ago, he ordered an egg sandwich and got an eggplant sandwich instead.

One victim was slashed in the arm while the other was stabbed in the chest, police said. The victims — brothers, according to local media reports — were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A worker at a nearby store heard the sc

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