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3 Men Beaten and Robbed in Bodega Brawl, Police Say

Deli Brawl
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THE BRONX — Three men were beaten, stabbed and robbed during a brawl with a group of seven other people in a Unionport deli Sunday morning, police said.

Dramatic surveillance footage from inside the store 1253 Deli at 1253 Castle Hill Ave., near Newbold Avenue, shows the two groups confronting one another about 4:30 a.m., according to the NYPD.

Initially, one of the victims stood in the middle of the shop with the suspects arranged in a ring around him, video shows. A man in front of the victim took off his large winter coat just before another man came up from behind and punched the victim in the head, igniting the violence, video shows.

The two groups divided into separate skirmishes, video shows. One of the victims got trapped in some type of hold while others repeatedly pummeled him, according to the video.

Meanwhile, another of the victims can be seen lying outside on the ground while two other men kick him, the video shows.

The first victim, a 20-year-old man, was stabbed in the right side of his torso and suffered eye and head injuries, police said. The attackers stole $56 and an HTC cellphone from him, police said.

The second 26-year-old victim suffered facial fractures, police said.

The third man, who was also 20, was stabbed in the torso and had bruises on his head and stomach, police said. The attackers took his iPhone 5, police said.

The victims were treated at Jacobi Medical Center, NYPD officials said. The first victim had already been released  as of Monday, but the other two remained stable in the hospital's care, police said.

Two of the attackers were female while the other four were male, NYPD officials said. They all remained at large Monday morning.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).