Police are hunting for two suspects accused of repeatedly stabbing and slashing a straphanger during a skirmish at the Union Square subway station over the weekend.
The NYPD released surveillance video and a screenshot showing at least one of the alleged attackers wanted in connection to the bloody incident near the L train platform at the 14th Street-Union Square Station around 1:45 a.m. Sunday.
The victim, a 28-year-old man, got into a fight with two strangers who stabbed and slashed him multiple times all over his body with a “cutting instrument,” according to the police.
The attackers then boarded a Brooklyn-bound L train and fled.
The victim managed to make his way up the subway stairs to call for help, after which he was brought to NYC Health and Hospitals/ Bellevue in stable condition.
Police are looking for this man, who is suspected of taking part in a vicious stabbing that injured a 28-year-old subway commuter Sunday. NYPD
The bloody attack took place near the L train platform at the Union Square station before 2 a.m. NYPDVideo released by the NYPD late Sunday as part of the ongoing search for the suspects shows one of them, a man wearing a gray hoodie, a dark New York Yankees ball cap, shorts and white sneakers, going down a flight of stairs at the Union Square station.
Transit crime in New York City has spiked more than 13% during the week of June 19-25, compared to the same time period a year ago, but overall crime in the subway system was down more than 5% since the beginning of 2023, according to the latest numbers released by the NYPD.
