First published at 21:25 UTC on July 11th, 2020.
Being in New York, it is most likely the two victims supported #BlackLivesMatter... karma...?
Mayor Bill de Blasio has taken 600 plainclothes officers off the streets.
Passengers on board a New York subway carriage were subjected to a brutal and …
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Being in New York, it is most likely the two victims supported #BlackLivesMatter... karma...?
Mayor Bill de Blasio has taken 600 plainclothes officers off the streets.
Passengers on board a New York subway carriage were subjected to a brutal and unprovoked knife assault in broad daylight. The shocking incident was caught on video, and comes amid a crime surge in the Big Apple.
In the grisly footage, the suspect viciously attacked two men, knocking both to the floor of the carriage and slashing as they tried to fight back. One victim managed to get to his feet and drive the attacker away, but had a knife thrust into his torso in the scuffle.
Local news reports suggest the incident took place last Sunday, and as the video spread around the internet on Saturday, NYPD Transit Chief Edward Delatorre explained that the suspect was “arrested, charged with multiple counts of felony assault, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon, and is currently awaiting prosecution.”
According to Delatorre, the stabbing was a “heinous and unprovoked attack.” Both victims were taken to hospital with non-critical injuries, the New York Daily News reported.
The NYPD has recently announced its crime statistics for the month before. The stats made for grim reading, describing a surge of 130 percent in shootings in every borough of New York, a 30 percent increase in murders, and a doubling in burglaries, compared to June 2019.
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