A masked stranger slashed a 29-year-old lady a number of occasions on board a Decrease Manhattan prepare late Wednesday when she refused at hand him her bag, authorities and sources stated.
The surgical mask-wearing mugger demanded the sufferer’s bag on board a northbound No. 3 prepare passing via the Wall Avenue station round 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, in accordance with cops and regulation enforcement sources.
When she refused to surrender her bag, the brute flashed a knife and slashed the sufferer on her left arm and elbow, each fingers and again, police stated.
He then snatched her cellular phone and took off, authorities stated.
The sufferer was taken to Bellevue Hospital, the place she was listed in steady situation.
Footage launched by the NYPD reveals the menace — who had not been caught by Thursday afternoon — strolling via the prepare automotive carrying the masks, a navy blue hoodie, black pants and black sneakers.
A photograph reveals the suspect — believed to be in his 20s, standing about 5-foot-11 and described as having a darkish complexion and slim construct — carrying a partly open grey backpack.
The violent theft got here a day after one other stranger stabbed a 25-year-old lady in an unprovoked assault within the stairwell of the twenty third Avenue C and E prepare station in Chelsea, authorities stated.
The maniac – later recognized as 21-year-old Carlos Rivera – plunged what seemed to be a knife into the left aspect of the lady’s again for no obvious motive round 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, in accordance with authorities and sources.
She was hospitalized in steady situation, police stated.
Rivera was captured by the Manhattan Theft Squad Tuesday night time and was charged with tried homicide, in addition to a number of counts of assault, cops stated.
He has two prior arrests – one for allegedly stealing males’s clothes in Queens on June 24 – and a Brooklyn bust from Could 10 through which cops say he snatched a cellphone from somebody’s pocket.
The pair of disturbing subway incidents adopted what NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described as “the most secure July in our subway system in recorded historical past,” excluding the COVID interval in 2020 and 2021, when ridership was low.
