A 55-year-old tourist was attacked with a knife while walking on a sidewalk in a trendy New York City neighborhood, police said Wednesday.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to Fox News Digital that the stabbing occurred in broad daylight at approximately 10:23 a.m. in the Upper West Side neighborhood.
Police said the 55-year-old man was slashed on his left ear and left cheek during a seemingly random attack. The victim was taken to a local hospital after being stabbed.
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The suspect fled after the attack, authorities said. Surveillance footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed the suspect fleeing the scene. He was found with a knife.
The NYPD continues to investigate this incident.
Wednesday's stabbing follows one on Monday that left three people dead. (Peter Garber)
The stabbing occurred just two days after a knife-wielding man was charged with killing three people on Monday.
Police arrested Ramon Rivera, 51, a career criminal, earlier this week on suspicion of assault. Unprovoked stabbing Beyond Manhattan.
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Rivera, who is homeless, has been arrested eight times and was released from prison weeks before the knife attack.
Mayor Eric Adams (left) and District Attorney Alvin Bragg (right) listen to a press conference. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The stabbing comes as District Attorney Alvin Bragg was focused on prosecuting President-elect Trump, who was convicted last year of 34 felonies related to hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. is also in the background.
Ray Kelly, former New York City police commissioner and CEO of Guardian Group, said: “Fox & Friends” Co-host Brian Kilmeade said Mr Bragg's soft approach to crime was holding the city back.
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“Mr Bragg is not reasonable,” he told Mr Kilmeade on Wednesday. “He's a believer in…the most radical approach. In fact, on his first day in office, he gave us a manifesto of what he's not going to do. One of them is, he's not going to arrest people. By the way, the MTA says it's losing three-quarters of a billion dollars a year on this, which is why they're introducing congestion pricing because of District Attorney Bragg. is. ”
The Manhattan district attorney has pushed to prosecute Trump, saying in a 2021 interview that he personally planned to focus on the Trump case as soon as he was sworn in as prosecutor.
“This is clearly a significant case and one that deserves the personal attention of the DA's office,” Bragg said at the time. According to CNN.
Daniel Penny has been released from Manhattan Criminal Court after being charged in connection with the 2023 death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway. (John M. Mantel, FOX News Digital)
Supporters of Jordan Neely staged a counter-protest during a rally in support of Daniel Penny at Collect Pond Park in New York City in May. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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The stabbing occurred at the same time that Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine veteran, is currently on trial for manslaughter for allegedly protecting a New Yorker on an Uptown F train last year.
Penny is facing charges of manslaughter and manslaughter for allegedly suffocating 30-year-old homeless subway performer Jordan Neely.
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The ongoing trial raises questions about vigilante justice and subway safety.
Fox News Digital’s Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
