Crime & Safety
Man Slashes Woman In The Face For Refusing To Talk To Him: Cops
A man tried to start up a conversation with a woman at the 23rd Street station and when she refused, he slashed her in the face, cops said.
CHELSEA, MANHATTAN — A man slashed a woman in the face on Monday for not having a conversation with him in the 23rd Street subway station, police said.
The man came up to the 45-year-old woman near the turnstiles at the 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue stop around 9 p.m. He tried to engage the woman in conversation and, when she declined, took out a sharp object and slashed her across the face, police said.
The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital with a laceration on her left cheek, police said. She is in stable condition.
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