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Police: 4 Stabbed at NYC Christmas Party

NYPD is searching for a man in connection to the stabbings

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Four men were stabbed at a Christmas party in the Bronx, police say.

The stabbings took place on East 165th Street shortly before 5:30 a.m., according to the NYPD, at a party inside the building's lobby.

According to two women who are wives of the victims, there were nine men hanging around by the building's stairs when a dispute broke out before the victims were stabbed.

Police say they are searching for a man in connection to the stabbings.

The victims -- ages 21, 24, 29 and 35 -- were all taken to Lincoln Hospital and are expected to recover, police say. One of the victims was in surgery for hours on Christmas Day, one of the wives said.

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