Straphanger Slashed in Random Subway Attack

Man Slashed Across the Face in Subway Car

The NYPD is searching for a man who slashed a straphanger across the face inside a subway car. -File Photo

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice

January 23, 2024

MANHATTAN - A straphanger was slashed across the face inside a subway car in Upper Manhattan, the NYPD said. 

At around 7 pm on January 22, a male straphanger was riding inside a Number 1 train as it approached the Dyckman Street Station. Cops said a man walked up to the straphanger and, without warning, pulled out a sharp object and slashed the man across the face. 

The attacker ran out of the subway car when the train pulled into the station. 

The victim was rushed by EMS to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He was treated and is listed in stable condition. 

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At this time police do not have a motive for the slashing which could be a random attack. It is unclear what the object was that slashed the suspect and whether it was knife or other sharp object like a box cutter. 

Police have not released a description of the attacker at this time. 

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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.