Elderly Man Injured in Unprovoked Subway Attack in New York City
A 74-year-old man suffered serious injuries, including a fractured spine, in what appears to be an unprovoked attack on a New York City subway platform. The incident occurred at the 68th Street-Hunter College station in Manhattan’s Upper East Side neighborhood.
According to the police, the victim was pushed onto the subway tracks by an unknown individual. Fortunately, an on-duty MTA transit worker helped the victim back onto the platform. The suspect fled the scene, and the victim was taken to NY Presbyterian Weill-Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
The victim sustained fractures to his spine, ribs, and pelvis, along with cuts on his fingers.
The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds, with salt and pepper hair and a goatee. He was last seen wearing a black polo shirt, brown pants, and black sneakers.
The attack is believed to be unprovoked, according to an NYPD spokesperson.
In a separate incident about half an hour later in Brooklyn, a 19-year-old man repeatedly slashed his girlfriend during an altercation on a train heading to Manhattan. The 24-year-old woman was slashed in the forehead, stomach, and hand but is now in stable condition at a local hospital. The boyfriend has been taken into custody, and charges are pending.
These incidents follow a recent viral subway attack on a Nevada family by a 16-year-old girl. The teen, who turned herself in during early August, faced two felony counts of assault for assaulting tourist Sue Young, 51, and her family on a Manhattan subway train.
Video footage showed the teen assaulting Sue Young in front of her husband and 11-year-old twin daughters while using racial epithets.
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