Photo Shows Man Who Slashed UWS Straphanger, Got Maced By GF: Police

UPPERW WEST SIDE, NY — Police released a photo and new information Friday about an attacker wanted for slashing a man on an Upper West Side.

The attack happened about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, when a 26-year-old man and his 34-year-old girlfriend were riding a northbound 2 train near West 72nd Street, police said.

The couple were approached by a man — and without communication or provocation — he tried to sit on the woman, police said.

The 26-year-old man told him to "step back from his girlfriend," which prompted the attacker to slash him on the lower left leg with a kitchen knife, police said.

The woman then immediately fired off pepper spray at the slasher, and he ran off the train and fled, police said.

The man who was slashed got taken to Mount Sinai Saint Luke's in stable condition, where he was treated and released, police said.

Police describe the slasher as 50-years-old, around five feet, eleven inches, about 180 pounds, with brown eyes and a gray beard.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).