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NYPD Officer Assaulted By Multiple People While Jogging In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An NYPD officer was attacked while jogging in Queens on Friday.

It happened near 53rd Avenue in Long Island City.

Police say the officer, who was not in uniform, was assaulted by as many as nine people.

He was taken to a local hospital with bruises to his neck, head, shoulder and knee.

There's no word on a motive, but police say another jogger was attacked by a group of people Thursday.

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