By Larry Celona , Joe Marino , Amanda Woods, Dorian Geiger, Steven Vago and Katherine Donlevy
Cops prevented a raging mob of Harlem locals from attacking a maniac accused of slashing an 11-year-old girl in the head on a spree through Manhattan Friday afternoon — leaving the youngster now afraid to go outside, her distraught mom said.
Shaquan Cummings, 30, allegedly preyed on the girl after flying through the 116th Street 6 subway platform around 2:15 p.m., moments after allegedly punching an unsuspecting 43-year-old woman around the street corner, according to sources.
The fiend — who has a lengthy rap sheet — knifed the youngster in the back of the head and cut her ear as she stood on a downtown platform holding her mom’s hand, sources said.
The child felt something on the back of her head, and when her mom turned around, she saw “a box cutter” before the suspect fled into the subway, sources said.
Her brave mother tried to chase down her daughter’s attacker, even hailing a conductor to stop a train from departing, but the Cummings still managed to get away, she recalled.
“It was traumatizing,” Gorzata Sladek told The Post Friday evening.
A UPS worker said the young victim was “scared and crying” while she was being treated by medics near a juice bar.
“Her head [was] bloody. Bleeding can’t stop. [She was] bleeding in her hand and her shirt … she was crying. Scared,” he added.
The girl has since undergone surgery that required multiple stitches and staples to fix the gash, but the emotional scars remain, according to her mother.
“She’s not doing well emotionally. She doesn’t want to go back to school. She doesn’t want to go outside anymore,” Sladek said.
Photos obtained by The Post show one of the blood-soaked victims sobbing as she’s gurneyed into the back of an ambulance.
Cops ultimately tracked Cummings down just a block away, back to the spot where he allegedly punched his first victim of the afternoon.
Wild video posted on social media shows the moment Cummings is surrounded by cops as the outraged mob tries to mete out street justice.
In the clip, one man appears to poke him with a cane as the alleged assailant cowers behind cops.
“Back up!” police shout at the crowd.
“You f–king piece of s–t!” one man yells.
“Don’t let him go!” says another man as police hold back the bloodthirsty mob.
Cops finally took Cummings into custody, who sources say has more than 20 prior arrests, including assault, criminal mischief and fare evasion.
Cummings’ last arrest was just two months earlier. He was given a desk appearance for an assault charge, according to law enforcement insiders.
He was charged Friday night with two counts of assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
Sladek only hopes for justice in the case, and for the streets to longer be a place where New Yorkers need to constantly look over their shoulder.
“You should be able to walk on the street and not worry that somebody will attack you and attack, actually, my daughter not even attacking a dog, but a little kid,” she said.
