A straphanger was stabbed in the neck in a brazen attack inside a Manhattan subway station Monday afternoon, according to police and sources.
The victim, a 37-year-old man, was knifed while waiting on the downtown 4-5-6 train platform at the 86th Street and Lexington Avenue station on the Upper East Side at about 4:25 p.m., cops said.
The man reportedly got into a dispute with his attacker before the bloody assault, according to sources.
A 37-year-old man was stabbed in the neck inside the 86th Street 4-5-6 station Monday. Tomas E. Gaston
The man was taken to an area hospital in stable condition. Tomas E. Gaston
The alleged stabber was taken into custody shortly after the attack. Tomas E. GastonThe victim was rushed to New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
Police recovered a knife from the scene and took the suspected stabber into custody. The suspect was not immediately charged.
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