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Straphanger slashed on Manhattan subway station — with attacker still at large

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Published May 19, 2024, 2:42 p.m. ET

A 36-year-old woman was slashed by a blade-wielding madman in a Lower East Side subway station early Sunday morning, the NYPD said.

Following a 911 call, officers found the unidentified victim — who was cut at the Delancey Street/Essex Street station — with a laceration on her left leg, a department spokesperson said Sunday.

Authorities brought her to Bellevue Hospital, where she is in stable condition.

An ambulance at Delancey Street/Essex Street station in Manhattan after a 36-year-old woman was slashed early on Sunday morning.
An ambulance at Delancey Street/Essex Street station in Manhattan after a 36-year-old woman was slashed early on Sunday morning. Dakota Santiago/FreedomNewsTV
The woman is in stabled condition at Bellevue Hospital after getting cut in the left leg.
The woman is in stabled condition at Bellevue Hospital after getting cut in the left leg. Dakota Santiago/FreedomNewsTV
The suspect fled the scene on a southbound J train.
The suspect fled the scene on a southbound J train. Dakota Santiago/FreedomNewsTV

Police aren’t sure what precipitated the attack, and could not say if it was unprovoked.

They described the suspect as a man wearing a navy blue bag and blue hat. He fled on a southbound J train following the attack, cops said.

Police haven’t made any arrests. The investigation is ongoing, they added.