A person has been taken into custody after he randomly stabbed three males in a Lengthy Island Metropolis subway station and left them with “main accidents” to their faces, in keeping with a witness and police.
The chaos started when the suspect lower a belt throughout the left facet of his face on a northbound E prepare round 8:20 a.m. Saturday, earlier than getting off on the Queens Plaza E/M/R station, in keeping with authorities.
The suspect then attacked two extra victims, one 23 and 32, close to the station at forty third Road and twenty seventh Road, police mentioned.
“You’ll be able to see the flesh of their faces. [The slashings] “It was fairly deep,” mentioned John Lee, of Lengthy Island Metropolis, who noticed the victims contained in the subway station speaking to cops after the separate assaults.
A police supply mentioned that the victims “didn’t know” the perpetrator or one another and have been taken to close by hospitals and have been in secure situation.
They added that the attacker was shortly arrested and brought to Elmhurst Hospital.
It was not instantly clear whether or not he was taken to the hospital for a psychological analysis or as a result of he was injured.
No fees have been filed.
“We’ve an enormous downside with crime. Frequent fights at prepare stations. Armed robberies. Theft,” mentioned Arturo Asmal, 28, who lives a number of blocks from the station.
The Kew Gardens resident mentioned she avoids driving the tracks due to all of the random crime that occurs underground.
The lady, who gave her identify as Judy (55 years previous), mentioned: “I’m afraid of all of the violence on the trains.”
“It is loopy to see one thing like this occur at our station… I am undoubtedly extra frightened now,” Lee, 26, who works in expertise, instructed The Put up. “I am undoubtedly extra anxious now, taking the subway. Nevertheless it’s the one transportation choice we’ve got.”
