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Man Stabbed Repeatedly Throughout Body at Train Station

Police are searching for a man and a woman in connection with a stabbing on a Bronx subway platform. -Photo by NYPD



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

September 7, 2023


BRONX - Police are looking for two people who repeatedly stabbed a subway rider throughout his body on a Bronx train platform. Still no word on what was behind the vicious attack.


At around 9:30 pm on September 1, a 32-year-old man was on the northbound platform of the Number 5 train at the Prospect Avenue station.



A man and a woman walked up to the straphanger and stabbed him repeatedly throughout his body.


Cops said the man was stabbed numerous times by cutting instruments.





The stabbers then left the victim to bleed on the platform as they fled the train station.


EMS rushed the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.




The first suspect is a male with a dark complexion and medium build. He wore glasses and had dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie.


The second suspect is a female with long dark hair and a medium complexion. She was last seen wearing dark clothes.


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.




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