Overview

• On August 6 just after 11 p.m. a 29-year-old woman was slashed across her arm, elbow and back and robbed of her bag and cellphone aboard a northbound No. 3 train pulling into Wall Street station.
• EMS took the victim to Bellevue Hospital where she remains in stable condition.
• No arrests have been made and investigators have not ruled out any connection to a separate random stabbing at the 23rd Street Chelsea station two days earlier.
• Police describe the suspect as a man in his 20s wearing a navy hoodie and carrying a gray backpack and have appealed to Crime Stoppers for tips.
• These incidents underscore persistent safety challenges in New York City’s subway system despite reported declines in assaults and stepped-up transit security measures.