2 killed, 2 injured in NYC subway stabbing attacks

An unidentified man may very well be chargeable for 4 separate stabbings that occurred inside just a few hours within the New York Metropolis subways, leaving two individuals useless, authorities stated.

The assaults occurred between Friday morning and early Saturday, New York Police Division officers stated throughout a information convention.

Authorities imagine all 4 victims had been homeless.

Police stated they had been trying to find a person they think may very well be behind all the assaults. They had been reviewing subway safety digital camera footage as a part of the investigation. All 4 stabbings occurred alongside the A subway line.

One of many victims was found useless on a practice in Queens at about midnight on Friday with a number of stab wounds to his neck and torso. Two hours later, a 44-year-old girl was discovered stabbed to dying within the subway in higher Manhattan.

The 2 nonfatal assaults — one involving a 67-year-old man and the opposite involving a 43-year-old man — additionally occurred in higher Manhattan.

In response, NYPD officers stated they'd deploy an extra 500 officers into the subway system all through town as a security measure.