Subway Slasher Injures 2 In Fulton Street Station, Police Say

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — A man attacked two people with a knife on a subway platform inside the Fulton Street station on Sunday evening, police said.

Officers are still searching for the knifeman who was waiting on the northbound platform of the 4/5 train in the Fulton Center on Sunday at about 5:15 p.m., according to police.

The man got into an argument with a 26-year-old man waiting on the same platform before the two began fighting, authorities said. The knifeman slashed the left side of the 26-year-old's face, and then slashed another man on the face after he tried to intervene in the fight, police said.

Both men were treated for their injuries at the hospital and are in stable condition, police said.

Officers are still searching for the knifeman, who they estimated to be between 25 and 30 years old.

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