Man Slashed And Pepper Sprayed On Midtown Train: Police

MIDTOWN, NY — A man was slashed and pepper sprayed after refusing to fork over money while riding a train in Midtown early Wednesday morning, police said.

A 57-year-old man was riding the 1 train near West 50th Street about 1:30 a.m., when a man in his twenties asked him for money, police said.

The man refused to hand over any cash, which prompted the attacker to pepper spray him and slash him in the right arm, police said.

The attacker fled the train at the next stop, and the man was taken to a hospital, police said.

NYPD did not have more of a description about the attacker, and there has not been an arrest.

The Wednesday morning attack happened five days after a 77-year-old man was pepper sprayed on a train near Union Square, and 11 people were pepper sprayed in a Bayside High School.