A 60-year-old passenger was stabbed yesterday mid-afternoon aboard a train in the Bronx, just days after two fatal shootings in New York City subway stations.
Police said the latest attack occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Friday on a southbound No. 4 train near the station. 167th Street.
The unidentified man was stabbed in the abdomen with an unidentified object. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, he said. ABC News. The injured man told police that he had a dispute and someone stabbed him, but He did not provide more information about his attacker.
According to NYPD, the suspect, a man in his 30s, jumped off the train and fled the station, he said. Fox News. No arrests have been made or suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
According to the authorities, In 2024, crimes on the NYC Subway have increased 22.6% compared to the same period last year. Most have been grand theftbut also Three passengers have been shot to death and several more have been injured with firearms, knives and/or blows.
Since the beginning of 2024, New York police officers have carried out 40% more arrests than last year at this same time, with a 64% increase in arrests for grand theft.
Since taking office in January 2022, the alcalde Eric Adams, ex NYPD, announced several times that the number of NYPD officers in the subway system would double in a reinforced security plan to confront violence in the chaotic NYC Subway. But the violence has continued. Now NYPD announced that it is adding more than 1,000 officers to patrol the Metro each day to try to combat the rise of crime.
Early Wednesday morning, an MTA worker was slashed in the neck while driving subway cars in Brooklyn. Also on Saturday, a 20-year-old girl fought against a stranger who hit her and tried to take off her clothes and rape her at a station in Queens.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
2024-03-02 13:53:45
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