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NYPD Hunts Midtown F-Line Attackers as Lower East Side Slashing Suspect Is Held Without Bail

Police seek two masked men seen in victims’ photos from the Midtown platform attack.

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Canal St. and Essex St. in Manhattan. (Google)
MANHATTAN - DEC 26, 2018 - The East Broadway F train stop in Lower Manhattan early Wednesday morning. Last week a NYPD Officer baton-brandishnig faced off against a small army of aggressive subway vagrants at the station, never pulling his gun ? in a viral video that?s been viewed more than a million times on Twitter. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • Two men were assaulted on the southbound F platform at 57th Street just after 11 p.m. on Oct. 11, with a 39-year-old slashed and a 37-year-old pushed onto the tracks, police said.
  • Both victims were treated at Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition as detectives released cellphone images showing the suspects moments before the assault.
  • The NYPD described one suspect in a purple jacket and mask and a second in an orange jacket and gray hoodie, and urged tips to Crime Stoppers as no arrests have been made.
  • In a separate case, officers arrested Demetri Marshall, 32, on Monday for an unprovoked face slashing of a 27-year-old outside the East Broadway station around 7:40 a.m.
  • Marshall was charged with assault, pleaded not guilty, and was held without bail after arraignment, with authorities noting prior arrests including earlier transit-related cases and a past robbery conviction.