Teen Girl Slashed in Face in Unprovoked Attack

Slasher Attacks Girl, 16, Walking Home from School

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the slashing of a 16-year-old girl in an unprovoked attack. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 17, 2024

BRONX - A 16-year-old girl was slashed across the face as she was walking home from school during what the NYPD is calling an unprovoked attack. 

At around 4 pm on January 12, a 16-year-old girl was in front of 3777 White Plains Road in Olinville. Cops said a man dressed in a black hoodie and his face covered in a black balaclava, walked up to the girl. Without warning or saying a word, the man pulled out a knife and slashed the girl across the face. 

The attacker then walked off southbound on White Plains Road.  

The girl suffered serious injury and was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center. She is listed in stable condition. 

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The suspect well covered his face. He was dressed in a black hoodie with a white logo on the left corner of the chest. He also wore black pants and a grey backpack. He also wore black and white sneakers with purple or blue laces. 

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.