Woman slashed in attack at NYC subway station
A bunch of armed thugs slashed a 30-year-old lady within the face Saturday morning in an unprovoked assault at a Chelsea subway station, police mentioned.
The 4 or 5 assailants set upon the sufferer as she walked down the southbound staircase at 8:43 a.m. on the A/C/E station at West twenty third road and Eighth Avenue, police mentioned.
The attackers approached her and minimize her face, leaving her with a wound that was handled on the scene, the NYPD mentioned.
Within the tenth Precinct — which covers Chelsea — transit crime is up 80% via Sept. 4 in comparison with the identical interval in 2021, with 18 incidents versus 10, NYPD statistics present.
Main crime within the precinct jumped 43% this yr with a 200% rise in murders. There have been three murders via Sept. 4 in comparison with 1 throughout the identical interval in 2021.
