Maniac stabs stranger in NYC subway station — and attacker is still on the loose: sources
The victim was walking down the stairs inside the 23rd Street C and E train station in Chelsea around 6:30 p.m. when the maniac plunged what appeared to be a knife into the left side of her back, according to authorities and sources.
The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.
The attacker knifed the young woman in the back on the staircase of the 23rd Street subway station, cops and sources said.
Peter Gerber
The brute took off after the random violence, cops said.
The violence appears random and the attacker has not yet been caught.
Peter Gerber
He is believed to be Hispanic, 5-foot-7 and was last seen wearing a white shirt and blue sweatpants, police said.
No arrests had been made by Wednesday afternoon.
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