Crime & Safety
Man Slashed On Clinton Hill A Train Tuesday Morning, Police Say
Police are looking for the man who attacked his fellow straphanger on a Manhattan-bound A train Tuesday morning.
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN — A straphanger was left bloody and wounded after an argument with a knife-wielding man on a Manhattan-bound A train Tuesday morning, according to police.
The 48-year-old man began to argue with his attacker after he boarded the A train at Liberty Avenue around 1:40 a.m., said police.
The pair argued until the train reached the Clinton and Washington Avenues stop and the slasher pulled out a knife, said police.
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He then cut the straphanger’s right arm and fled the station on foot, police said.
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The 48-year-old victim was rushed to Methodist Hospital in stable condition, according to police.
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