Death and Paralysis: New York City Subway Attacks Grow More Dangerous

Four people, including an employee of the Transportation Service (MTA), were the victims of a series of attacks on the New York subway. All attacks occurred on the morning of May 12 within three hours, writes ABC7NY... In addition, knife attacks have been carried out on the subway in the past two weeks. One of the victims died, the second remained partially paralyzed.

At the Times Square station, an MTA employee was punched in the face. An hour later, a passenger was slapped in the face on an F train in Forest Hills, Queens. Forty minutes later, the man was again wounded in the face with a sharp object at Times Square station. And at 10:35 a.m., a 60-year-old woman was stabbed in the back at Pennsylvania Avenue station in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

“We need more police at train stations and on trains. People do not feel safe, ”said one of the metro passengers.

First incident, Times Square

A 35-year-old man was sitting on a bench in the Times Square subway station when an unknown person approached him and hit him in the face with a sharp object. The attack took place at about 9 am on 12 May.

The attacker started talking to the victim, he pulled out his headphones and asked: "Are you talking to me?"

After that, the attacker spat on him, hit him with an unidentified sharp object on the left side of his face and fled from the scene.

The victim was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Second Incident, Times Square

An MTA employee on duty at Times Square station was slapped in the face around 7:45 a.m. on May 12.

The offender started yelling at the 47-year-old woman, pushed her and then punched her in the face.

Metro Employees Association President Michael Karrube issued a statement calling for increased protection for public transport workers.

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“This morning, while performing her duties at the Times Square platform, Andrea Vasquez, who has worked at MTA for 13 years, was punched in the face by an unprovoked assault by an emotionally disturbed person. This heinous attack is just one of the vast numbers that have been carried out on transportation workers over the past few years ... How can people expect safety when the core workers who keep the city moving every day are in danger? Enough! " - said Karrube.

The man who hit Vasquez escaped from the platform. The victim refused medical assistance.

Third incident, Queens

In Queens, a 21-year-old woman was hit with a skateboard on an F train at around 8:45 a.m. at 75th Avenue station.

Police say the suspect was unbalanced and hit the victim in the face. The attack was unprovoked, the victim and the man who hit her did not say a word to each other.

The Good Samaritans detained the suspect until the police arrived. He was promptly arrested. Andres Gonzalez, 29, is now facing assault charges.

Fourth Incident, Brooklyn

In Brooklyn, a woman was stabbed in the back and right shoulder during an alleged robbery at about 10:35 am. It happened on the platform of Pennsylvania Avenue station.

The victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The attacker escaped.

Death and paralysis due to subway attacks

District Attorney Melinda Katz said on May 12 that in separate incidents in Queens, a man stabbed three people with a knife, killing one and partially paralyzing the other. The details were told by the publication Pix11.

Mark Albano, 34, killed 57-year-old Leroy Williams with a knife in the chest at the Grand Avenue-Newton subway station on April 23, according to the investigation. Albano was only arrested on May 8 after he carried out two more attacks on metro passengers.

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The second attack took place on May 7, Katz said. Albano approached the 31-year-old man from behind on 51st Avenue and stabbed him several times. The victim fainted from pain. His life was saved, but he remained partially paralyzed.

The next day, Albano stabbed a 40-year-old man in the basement of a house on Van Loon Street. Upon arrival, the police found the victim in a pool of blood. He was wounded in the arm and armpit, and had stitches and staples applied.

If convicted, Albano faces up to 25 years in prison.