A 25-year-old man was reportedly attacked and stabbed in the shoulder at a migrant shelter on Randalls Island in New York City.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to Fox News Digital that the man was stabbed by two migrant shelter residents on Friday night at 8pm.
Police said they arrested two suspects, identified as brothers Jose Deleon, 19, and Moises Deleon, 27. Police confirmed that both have been charged with assault.
Immigrant unrest: NYC shelter guard injured, 5 illegal immigrants attack another in bed
Randall’s Island Migrant Shelter (Gina Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
New York Post Citing sources, the paper reported that an altercation broke out between two groups at the evacuation centre following a separate stabbing incident earlier in the day.
The relationship between the victim and the suspect is still unknown.
Police cordoned off the scene of an incident on Randalls Island in New York City on Thursday, January 18, 2024. NYPD sources say one person was stabbed in the neck following an altercation at an immigrant shelter on the island. (Peter Gerber)
The latest incident comes after a series of attacks on migrant shelters in New York City.
In April, five men were arrested by the NYPD after they attacked another man in his bed and injured a security guard during the fight.
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The five men, ages 20 to 33, are accused of beating another man as he was eating in his bed shortly before 2 a.m. at the shelter on East 125th Street.
of Immigrant groups Police said the men surrounded the bed and punched and scratched the victim’s “entire head and face” and both legs.
The five men are charged with third-degree assault and harassment.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested following the fatal stabbing and officers are searching for three further possible accomplices. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)
In February, police arrested two other migrants at the same facility for allegedly punching separate guards during two separate altercations on the same night.
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In that incident, officers responding to a 911 call about the first assault witnessed a second assault in which migrants began attacking the guard as police were attempting to speak with him. The New York Post reported..
Fox News’ Michael Lewis contributed to this report.
