Cuts in Manhattan subway: Police report man attacked after argument on station stairs

Manhattan police are searching for two suspects in connection with a stabbing attack in the stairwell of a subway station early Saturday morning.

According to police, the bloody attack occurred at about 4:22 a.m. on June 15 inside a staircase near the northbound platform of the 8th Street-NYU station on the R line in the East Village.

A few moments earlier, according to police sources, the victim, a 30-year-old man, was involved in a verbal argument with two men on the street in front of the police station. The police do not yet know what triggered the argument.

When the victim went down the stairs to the station, the perpetrators followed him, police said. When the victim turned around, he saw one of the suspects hitting him with an unknown sharp object.

According to police, the victim quickly raised his arm to block the blow and suffered cuts to his left hand. After cutting the man, the perpetrators fled into the street in an unknown direction.

Officials of the 6th District and NYPD Transit District 4 arrived at the scene after receiving a 911 call about the incident. EMS transported the injured man to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

Authorities described the suspects as light-skinned men, possibly in their 50s. No arrests have been made so far in the ongoing investigation.

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According to the latest CompStat report, the 6th Precinct saw a 31.6% decrease in aggravated assaults year to date through June 9. Transit crime rates remained virtually the same, with 21 incidents so far in 2024 – one more than the total at the same time last year.