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Off-Duty NYPD Officer Stabbed in Queens: Police

An off-duty NYPD officer was stabbed in the arm in Queens, police said. 

The 43-year-old officer didn't know the man who attacked him Saturday night in a house on 94th Street in Jackson Heights, police said. 

Police are investigating what led up to the stabbing. 

The officer was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital and was back home recovering Sunday, police said. 

The suspect, Diego Velasco, 18, faces two charges of felony assault, police said. 

It wasn't known whether Velasco had an attorney. 

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