Overview
- The slashing attacks occurred around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday on the southbound E/F platform at the Union Turnpike–Kew 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.