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BRONX, N.Y. - On Monday, at the Freeman train station in the Bronx, two NYPD officers were assaulted after asking a group to put out their cigarettes.

Officials say the two officers saw the group smoking as they entered the station in Crotona Park around 2:30 p.m.

When the officers asked them to put out their cigarettes, they refused.

The group fought back as officers tried to remove them.

The officers eventually took the group into custody after suffering minor injuries.

The assault happened a couple of days after a uniformed NYPD lieutenant was attacked by two men at a subway station over the weekend.