Crime & Safety

Man Stabbed Near Bed-Stuy Bus Station, Smacked With Walking Cane: NYPD

A fight on a B12 bus in Brooklyn landed a 60-year-old man in the hospital, police said.

A man got caught up in a fight with two people on a B12 bus in Brooklyn and ended up in the hospital last week, police said.
A man got caught up in a fight with two people on a B12 bus in Brooklyn and ended up in the hospital last week, police said. (NYPD)

BED-STUY, NY — A man was stabbed after getting caught up in a fight with two people on a bus in Brooklyn, police said Sunday.

The 60-year-old was riding a northbound B12 bus about 12 p.m. on Nov. 15 when he got into a fight with two strangers, a man and a woman, according to the NYPD.

The male stranger hit the 60-year-old rider on the head before all three exited the bus near Fulton Street and Alabama Avenue, police said.

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As the 60-year-old stepped off the bus, the woman stabbed him three times in the back, and the man smacked him over the head with his cane, police said.

The 60-year-old was rushed to an area hospital in stable condition while the other two fled, and police on Sunday were still searching for the attackers.

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