BRONX, NY \u2013 Police are searching for two suspects who attacked and tried to rob two men inside a Bronx subway station Sunday afternoon before fleeing in a blue SUV.<\/p>\n
The confrontation happened around 4:30 p.m. inside the East Tremont Avenue\u2013West Farms station, within the 48th Precinct and Transit District 12.<\/p>\n
Authorities said a 44-year-old man and a 32-year-old man were approached by two unidentified individuals following a verbal dispute.<\/p>\n
During the altercation, one suspect pulled out a machete and struck the 44-year-old victim in the wrist and leg.<\/p>\n
Second suspect tried to snatch cellphone<\/p>\n
Police said the second assailant punched the 32-year-old victim in the face and attempted to steal his cellphone but failed.<\/p>\n
Both suspects then fled the scene in a blue Honda Element bearing Pennsylvania plate KLM7727.<\/p>\n
The victims were taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital in stable condition with multiple injuries.<\/p>\n
Police release images of suspects<\/p>\n
Investigators have released photos of one suspect and the vehicle used in the getaway, asking the public to help identify the attackers.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is urged to contact the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers hotline.<\/p>\n
Two men were injured after being attacked with a machete and assaulted in a Bronx subway station robbery attempt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRONX, NY \u2013 Police are searching for two suspects who attacked and tried to rob two men inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-68731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}