A parolee stabbed a man aboard a Midtown Manhattan train Tuesday after the victim accidentally bumped into him, police sources said.
The victim, a man in his 20s, was on a downtown-bound M train heading toward Rockefeller Center just after 2 p.m. when he accidentally bumped into the 24-year-old attacker, sources said.
The unhinged man became irate over the bump and punched the victim in the face before pulling out a knife and stabbing him in the right torso. Police responded to the 47th-50th Sts.-Rockefeller Center subway station, where they found the wounded victim.
Medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, where he was in stable condition. Police arrested the accused stabber. Charges against him were pending Tuesday evening.
According to police sources, the attacker served more than five years in prison for robbery and assault in a Brooklyn incident and was released on parole in August, plus has additional prior arrests for assault, robbery and criminal mischief.
As of Sunday, there have been 49 reported felony assaults in the city’s subway system this year, according to NYPD data. While this marks a decrease from the 58 assaults reported during the same period last year, it still represents a 40% increase compared to 2020, just before the pandemic caused a sharp decline in subway ridership, which has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.
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