A migrant was stabbed Sunday following an altercation outside of the Randall’s Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, authorities confirmed.
According to police, cops from the 25th Precinct rushed to the violence-plagued tent city at Field 82 at around 10:33 a.m. after a 911 caller reported that a resident had been attacked with a sharp object. Law enforcement sources said a 26-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen before the suspect fled the area; it is unclear whether the perpetrator was an asylum seeker or not.
The suspect fled the area while EMS rushed the victim to Harlem Hospital where he is expected to survive. Cops say the suspect is described as wearing all black. No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. The latest stabbing comes after the NYPD performed a series of raids at the shelter, searching for contraband and removing illegal andleft one woman dead and two others seriously injured on July 29 as Venezuelan Asylum Seekers celebrated their native homeland’s election, police said.
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