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Police Seek Suspect After Two Men Slashed at Queens Subway Station

Investigators say the attacker struck two riders in separate, unprovoked assaults within minutes on the southbound E platform.

Overview

  • The slashing attacks occurred around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday on the southbound E/F platform at the Union TurnpikeKew Gardens station in Queens.
  • A 42-year-old suffered a forehead wound and a 50-year-old sustained a facial laceration, and both were hospitalized in stable condition.
  • EMS took the younger victim to New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital and the other to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, officials said.
  • Police say the suspect used a sharp object, approached at least one victim from behind, and carried out the two assaults within about ten minutes.
  • The assailant fled on foot and remains at large; he was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, and black shoes, and police urge tips to Crime Stoppers.