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Rikers Island Correction Officer Stabbed While Trying To Break Up Fight

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A correction officer at Rikers Island is recovering after being stabbed in the hand.

The female officer was attacked Thursday morning.

A spokesperson for the Correction Officers Benevolent Association says the officer was trying to break up a fight involving gang members.

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