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25-year-old injured with knife wounds to upper body in migrant shelter on Randall’s Island, police say

A 25-year-old man was reportedly stabbed in the shoulder after being attacked at the Randall’s Island migrant shelter in New York City.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to Fox News Digital that the man was stabbed by two residents of the migrant shelter at 8 p.m. on Friday evening.

Police said law enforcement arrested two suspects, identified as brothers Josue Deleon, 19, and Moises Deleon, 27. Both were charged with assault, police confirmed.

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The Randall's Island migrant home

The Randall’s Island migrant home (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The New York Post reported, citing sources, that a clash between two groups had broken out at the shelter following a stabbing earlier that day.

The relationship between the victim and the suspects is still unknown.

Police use tape to block off dirt and snow in front of a migrant shelter on Randall's Island

The scene of an earlier incident on Randall’s Island in New York City is cordoned off with police tape on Thursday, January 18, 2024. NYPD sources report that one person was stabbed in the neck during an altercation at the migrant shelter on the island. (Peter Gerber)

The latest incident comes after a series of attacks at the New York migrant shelter.

In April, five men were arrested by the New York Police Department after allegedly attacking another man in his bed, injuring a security guard during the fight.

Migrants throw bottles and backpacks at New York police during a riot at a shelter

The five men, aged between 20 and 33, were accused of beating another man while he was eating in his bed at the East 125th Street shelter shortly before 2 a.m.

The Migrant group surrounded the bed and hit and scratched the victim “all over the head and face” and on the legs, police said.

The five men are accused of third-degree assault and harassment.

Police on Randall's Island

A 26-year-old was arrested after the fatal stabbing and officers are currently searching for three other possible accomplices. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)

In February, police arrested two more migrants at the same facility after they allegedly hit a different security guard in two altercations that same evening.

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In that incident, officers responding to a 911 call about the first attack witnessed the second, when a migrant began attacking the security guard while police attempted to speak to him. The New York Post reported.

Fox News’ Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.