Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Man Randomly Slashes Woman With Boxcutter In Times Square
Police released video of a man slashing a woman with a boxcutter in broad daylight near the heart of Times Square on Sunday.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A stranger wielding a boxcutter slashed a woman while she walked down a sidewalk in the heart of Times Square on Sunday, according to police — who released video of the attack.
The broad-daylight assault near the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 42nd Street happened around 10 a.m. Sunday, police said. Video shared by police shows the 59-year-old victim pulling a cart as she walks down the sidewalk, when a man walks up from behind.
Video shows the man raising his arm up in the air, then bringing it down on the woman's right hand.
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She was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition for the hand wound.
The unidentified assailant fled eastbound along East 42nd Street, police said.
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Police asked anyone with information to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips online or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.
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