A knife-wielding attacker randomly stabbed a 39-year-old man in the hand inside the Times Square subway station early Monday, cops said.
The victim was standing on the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 train platform at the Midtown hub around 2:30 a.m. when 32-year-old David Cuero stabbed him in the right hand with what is believed to be a pocket knife in the unprovoked attack, police said.
The victim reported the attack to police inside the station, who quickly cuffed Cuero, authorities said.
The victim (pictured) was stabbed in the right hand with an apparent pocket knife, cops said. Robert MeceaCuero – whose listed address is a men’s intake shelter in Kips Bay – was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.
A Post photo shows him standing on the rainy sidewalk with a bandage over his hand.
Cuero was quickly arrested and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Robert MeceaThe incident comes days after another stabbing attack in the Crossroads of the World, this one out on the street.
A stranger stabbed a man in the cheek with a screwdriver after the attacker tried to bum a cigarette from him on West 43rd Street near Seventh Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, cops and sources said.
The victim, a Brooklyn resident, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, cops said.
