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Machete Attack in Brooklyn: Three NYPD Officers Injured

Suspect Jean Blain charged with attempted murder after assaulting officers responding to a disturbance call.

  • Three NYPD officers were injured in Brooklyn on Monday by a man wielding a machete.
  • The officers were responding to a report of an emotionally disturbed 40-year-old man inside an East Flatbush apartment.
  • One officer was slashed on the side of the head, another on the wrist, and the third on the shoulder.
  • The suspect, identified as Jean Blain, has been charged with attempted murder, assault, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon.
  • All three officers were taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
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