A wild melee at the troubled Randall’s Island migrant shelter Thursday left an asylum-seeker stabbed in the neck and 18 people in custody — with cops still hunting for the knife-wielding suspect, law-enforcement sources say.
A brawl broke out at the troubled shelter around 3:30 p.m. between two groups, who started fighting inside the shelter but then took it outside — armed with knives and throwing rocks at each other, sources said.
A 24-year-old man was stabbed during violent chaos, sources said.
He was taken by EMTs to Harlem Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
A 911 caller initially indicated to cops that a security guard stabbed the victim, but police sources later said it appeared that was not the case and that the assailant was still at large.
A stabbing and large fight occurred at the migrant shelter on Randall’s Island on Thursday afternoon. Peter Gerber
A woman with a furry coat was taken into custody, along with many others. Peter GerberSources said multiple knives were confiscated at the scene, where another 24-year-old male migrant was fatally stabbed earlier this month in a fight over a woman.
At the time, a migrant who lives there told The Post that dangerous rival factions have formed among the asylum-seekers and that “everyone has a knife.’’
Twelve people were given summonses for disorderly conduct in Thursday’s bloodshed.
The cause of the stabbing and fight are still unknown. Peter Gerber
Violence has plagued the city’s migrant camps. Peter GerberThe six others apprehended face raps ranging from criminal weapons possession to attempted assault and menacing.
