Crime & Safety
Slashing At Manhasset Train Station: 1 Hospitalized, Cops Probing
BREAKING: It happened around 3:45 p.m. Friday, police say.
MANHASSET, NY — Police are investigating after a slashing near the Manhasset train station. Nassau County police were called around 3:42 p.m. Friday for a disturbance near the station, police told Patch.
One person was found with hand cuts that appeared to be caused by a sharp object, police said. The person was rushed to a hospital.
MTA police are also investigating. A spokeswoman for the agency told Patch it appeared to be a stabbing involving two suspects and a single victim inside the Manhasset LIRR Station waiting room. All three knew each other, she said, and MTA police arrested both suspects.
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Train service was not affected.
Further details, including the condition of the victim, weren't immediately known.
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Photos posted on social media showed police officers swarming the station. Blood droplets could also be seen on the train station floor.
BREAKING: Man stabbed inside Manhasset train station. 6th Precinct on the scene interviewing witnesses. 2 ambulances. Details to come. pic.twitter.com/MFEWYA6rF0
— Roslyn Heights, N.Y. (@roslynheightsny) January 17, 2020
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