Crime & Safety
East Village Man's Head Slashed By Stranger, Say NYPD
The 25-year-old was rushed to Lenox Hill hospital where he received several stitches, police said.
EAST VILLAGE, NY — A stranger slashed a 25-year-old on the back of his head in the East Village Sunday, police said.
The victim was standing outside of Karma, a First Avenue hookah bar near E. Third Street, when at 3:30 a.m. a man ran up behind him and slashed the back of his head, police said Monday.
The slasher ran off in an unknown direction.
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Emergency responders transported the victim to Lenox Hill where he received stitches for lacerations to his head, authorities said.
Police describe the suspect as last seen in a black jacket and a backwards baseball hat.
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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