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MANHATTAN, N.Y (PIX11) --- Authorities are searching for eight more suspects who allegedly attacked a 17-year-old boy during a fight in Times Square on Thursday, police said.
The group repeatedly kicked, punched, and stabbed the teen in the back near West 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue around 5:30 p.m., according to the NYPD. The boy was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive, authorities said.
Police said the suspects and the teen argued before he was assaulted. The victim may be a migrant, sources said.
Six people, including five teenagers, have already been charged in connection with the stabbing, according to the NYPD.
Two 14-year-olds and two 16-year-olds were all charged with gang assault and assault, authorities said. A 16-year-old and a 22-year-old were both charged with gang assault, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
The NYPD on Sunday released photos of eight more suspects sought in the incident.
The stabbing happened steps away from where two NYPD officers were assaulted outside of a migrant center last month.
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