Crime & Safety

Man Stabbed In Neck In East Harlem, Arrest Made: Police

Two men were stabbed early Monday morning near East 105th Street and Second Avenue, police told Patch.

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EAST HARLEM, NY — Two men were stabbed, one in the neck, early Monday morning in East Harlem, a police spokesperson told Patch.

A 29-year-old man was stabbed in the neck and another, 27, was slashed in the back and ear near East 105th Street and Second Avenue about 12:30 a.m., police said.

Both were taken to Harlem Hospital and are expected to survive, police said.

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NYPD took one person into custody in connection with the attacks, but a second suspect is still at large, police said.

The NYPD spokesperson did not have information on what led to the stabbings.

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