{"id":1385395,"date":"2022-03-17T00:35:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T04:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385395"},"modified":"2022-03-17T00:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T04:35:52","slug":"nypd-suspect-slashes-man-in-face-in-unprovoked-manhattan-subway-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-suspect-slashes-man-in-face-in-unprovoked-manhattan-subway-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD: Suspect Slashes Man in Face in Unprovoked Manhattan Subway Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnypd-suspect-slashes-man-in-face-in-unprovoked-manhattan-subway-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New York City Police say a suspect slashed a 27-year-old man in the face Tuesday night while he was waiting for a train at a Manhattan subway station.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the unprovoked stabbing occurred at about 6:30 p.m.while the 27-year-old waited for a train at the West 168th Street and Broadway station in Washington Heights, PIX 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/manhattan\/man-slashed-in-face-in-unprovoked-subway-attack-nypd\/\">reported<\/a>. The victim sustained a minor wound and was treated at Harlem Hospital, the <em>New York Daily News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-man-slashed-face-manhattan-subway-station-unprovoked-20220316-idma7gajlnemnnpwcuzyt2ye54-story.html\">noted<\/a>. He informed officers that he was not familiar with the assailant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The suspect fled the scene and remains on the loose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is described as light-skinned, in his 30s, about 5-foot-6 and 120 pounds and was wearing blue jacket and gray sweatpants,\u201d according to the <em>Daily News.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The incident comes as subway crimes have been making headlines in New York City. On March 9,\u00a048-year-old Christian Jeffers, a biological male who identifies as a woman, was arrested for allegedly bashing an Asian man in the head with a hammer at the 14th Street station a day earlier, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/03\/10\/suspect-charged-hate-crime-nyc-hammer-attack\/\">reported<\/a>. Jeffers was charged with\u00a0assault, aggravated harassment, and menacing \u2013 all as hate crimes \u2013 and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police say 48 year-old Christian Jeffers attacked a 29 year-old subway rider Tuesday.  The victim, who is Asian American, says he was hit in the head with a hammer.  Jeffers is facing four charges, including Assault as a Hate Crime.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNewYork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCNewYork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w8MVQbhks8\">pic.twitter.com\/w8MVQbhks8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Harding (@HardingReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HardingReports\/status\/1501775191898308610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Detectives escort the suspect, who was arrested for assaulting a man with a hammer in a Manhattan subway station, to face justice. He MUST stay behind bars for the safety of every New Yorkers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6tG3pO30fH\">pic.twitter.com\/6tG3pO30fH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Detectives&#8217; Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCPDDEA\/status\/1501920891088871430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jeffers\u2019s alleged attack followed another alleged brutal hammer attack at the Queens Plaza Subway station on February 24. William Blount, a 57-year-old homeless man, allegedly repeatedly bashed New York City health Department scientist Nina Rothschild, 57, fracturing her skull, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/02\/28\/nyc-homeless-man-arrested-connection-brutal-hammer-attack-city-worker\/\">reported<\/a>. He also allegedly snatched her purse. Blount is charged with attempted murder, assault, and robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Crime rates have skyrocketed under Democratic Mayor Eric Adams\u2019s watch. From the time Adams succeeded former Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on January 1 through March 13, overall crime has seen a 45.4 percent jump compared to the same period in 2021, the NYPD\u2019s crime statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/compstat.nypdonline.org\/2e5c3f4b-85c1-4635-83c6-22b27fe7c75c\/view\/89\">show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the same time period, transit crimes have risen 80.3 percent, hate crimes are up 113.7 percent, robberies have registered a 43.5 percent increase, and rape is up 34.8 percent compared to last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Police say a suspect slashed a 27-year-old man in the face Tuesday night while he was waiting for a train at a Manhattan subway station. 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