Newsman: New NYC surveillance video shows a man being attacked and stabbed as he was exiting a subway train in the Bronx. Police say the attack was unprovoked. It was the third attack targeting New York City subway riders in just eight hours.The latest assault happened just before 9 p.m. on Thursday as the man was exiting the northbound 4 train at 176th Street and Jerome Ave. in Morris Heights.
The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition. He has since been upgraded to serious condition. The suspect is described as a man with a dark complexion, about 5’11, and was last seen wearing
A Video shows the victim being jumped, then stabbed in both the back and chest with an unknown object during the struggle that followed.
In Harlem, a man was stabbed in the back at the 125th Street A/C train station just after 1 p.m. Thursday.
Police believe this started with an argument between two strangers, possibly after a harmless bump on the platform.
The victim was hospitalized and said to be in stable condition.
And in Brooklyn, more NYPD video shows a man on a moped who they say followed a 45-year-old man to the subway station at Pitkin and Grant avenues in East New York.
The victim was slashed across the face at the turnstile for the A train.
The slashing required stitches.
The NYPD prepares to release updated citywide crime statistics at 11 a.m. Friday.
