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A stranger attacked a 19-year-old man with a hatchet in a broad-daylight Chelsea attack Monday, new video shows. 

The suspect approached the victim — who was riding a bike at West 26th Street and Sixth Avenue — just before 10 a.m. and started yelling something incomprehensible, sparking a dispute, cops said. 

Then he swung a hatchet and struck the teen in the leg and foot, while he was still on his bike, video released later Monday shows. 


  According to the police, the suspect fled on a black moped. NYPD According to the police, the suspect fled on a black moped. NYPD

  The suspect approached the victim before 10 a.m. and started yelling something incomprehensible. NYPD The suspect approached the victim before 10 a.m. and started yelling something incomprehensible. NYPD

  The victim is currently in Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. NYPD The victim is currently in Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. NYPD

  The suspect swung a hatchet and struck the teen in the leg and foot, video shows.  NYPD The suspect swung a hatchet and struck the teen in the leg and foot, video shows.  NYPD

The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, authorities said. 

The assailant fled along Sixth Avenue on a black moped, cops said. 

Police were still looking for him Tuesday.

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