{"id":46119,"date":"2025-11-20T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/46119\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:27:08","slug":"attacker-slashes-two-strangers-unprovoked-on-queens-subway-platform-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/46119\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacker slashes two strangers unprovoked on Queens subway platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An unhinged attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYPDTips\/status\/1991473146017231277?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:slashed two strangers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">slashed two strangers<\/a> unprovoked on a Queens subway platform, police said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cops released surveillance images of the suspect and are asking the public\u2019s help identifying him and tracking him down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 42-year-old man was slashed in the forehead by the assailant on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mta.info\/maps\/subway-line-maps\/e-line\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Manhattan-bound E train platform in the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Manhattan-bound E train platform in the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station<\/a> about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect ran off but remained on the platform. Five minutes later, he slashed a 50-year-old man in the face before running out of the station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medics took the younger victm to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyp.org\/locations\/queens?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=18821357196&amp;utm_content=141614081885&amp;utm_term=ny%20presbyterian%20queens&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=18821357196&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD5MYxDLE7Bl2nx2_-5kqLk8hGyJu&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAlfvIBhA6EiwAcErpyfWb0cTG7GWJiwaEbjbSlRiWbgC3NYVcZXr4c2WADSLVEh7ZzxFRAhoC4-oQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens<\/a> while the other vitcim was taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/elmhurst\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elmhurst Hospital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Elmhurst Hospital<\/a>. Both were treated for minor wounds and released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect is described as Black with short unkempt hair and a light mustache. He was wearing a black jacket, black pants and black shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The attack comes as police fight a slight uptick in assaults in the city subway system. As of Sunday, the city had seen 509 assaults on the rails this year, nine more than by this time last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Overall transit crime is down by 4% this year compared to last, with massive decreases in robbery, bag snatches and pickpocketing, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information regarding Wednesday\u2019s attack is asked to call <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Crime Stoppers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unhinged attacker slashed two strangers unprovoked on a Queens subway platform, police said Thursday. 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