A stranger slashed a man across the face outside a Lower East Side subway station during the Monday morning rush hour \u2013 part of a recent wave of violence in and around the city\u2019s underground, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old victim had just stepped out of the East Broadway E and F train station around 7:50 a.m. when the menace randomly approached him on Canal Street near Essex Street, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without saying a word, the brute slashed the victim \u2014 who was waiting to cross the street \u2014 across the face before running off, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The victim was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.\u00a0He needed eight stitches to close the gash, sources said.<\/p>\n
A stranger randomly slashed a 27-year-old man who had just stepped out of the East Broadway E and F train station Monday morning, cops said. William Miller<\/p>\n
The attacker was still on the loose hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The unprovoked assault came two days after a pair of strangers attacked two men on a Midtown subway platform \u2014 shoving one onto the tracks, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The victims, 37 and 39, were waiting for a southbound F train at 57th Street just after 11 p.m. Saturday when they spotted the perps putting on hoodies and face masks, authorities and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two brutes attacked two other men \u2014 shoving one onto the tracks \u2014 inside a Midtown subway station late Saturday night, cops said. NYPD<\/p>\n
When the victims began recording the duo, the two menaces flew into a rage and confronted them before slashing the 39-year-old man on the hand, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They then pushed the 37-year-old, causing him to fall onto the roadbed, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He managed to climb back up onto the platform on his own but suffered a cut on his elbow, according to the sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The attackers flew into a rage when they realized the victims were recording them, sources said. NYPD<\/p>\n
Both victims were taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where they were listed in stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The attackers \u2013 shown in surveillance images released by the NYPD \u2013 appeared to be Hispanic men in their 20s, with one last seen wearing a black hoodie, black mask and purple coat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The other was last seen sporting a gray hoodie and orange coat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both Midtown victims were hospitalized in stable condition, cops said. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post<\/p>\n
Hours earlier, a sicko punched a 37-year-old woman after she tried to stop him from groping her inside a Lower Manhattan subway station, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman was walking up the stairs at the Canal Street A train station around 2 p.m. on Saturday when the stranger grabbed her breast over her clothing, according to cops.<\/p>\n
When she tried to get the creep off her, he punched her in the mouth and fled, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The NYPD released photos of the still-at-large perv, last seen wearing a black jacket, black sweatshirt, a white T-shirt, black pants and white and black sneakers.<\/p>\n
The suspected attackers were still on the loose Monday, cops said. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post<\/p>\n
The victim refused medical attention at the scene.<\/p>\n
The latest attacks followed the deadly, unprovoked subway beatdown<\/a> of Italian immigrant Nicola Tanzi, 64, inside the Jay Street-MetroTech station in downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n