On Saturday, a man sitting in a walker smoking a cigarette was seen on video lunging at two women and stabbing one of them with a large knife near New York City’s Times Square. This act appears to be an unprovoked attack.
The attack occurred Saturday evening near Port Gourmet Deli at West 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue.
Video obtained by the New York Post shows the man leaving the Port Gourmet Deli, leaning his walker against the building and sitting in the walker’s seat.
The man, wearing gray pants, a bright fluorescent green shirt, a black jacket, and an orange hat, lit a cigarette, crossed his arms, and reached inside his jacket.
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A man was seen on camera lunging at two women, stabbing one of them, then returning to his walker to smoke a cigarette near New York City’s Times Square. (WNYW)
He then pulled a large kitchen knife from his jacket and lunged at two women, slashing one of them before returning to his pedestrian seat and appearing to smoke a cigarette.
The woman who was stabbed was seen on video placing her hand where the knife allegedly struck her as she backed away.
The women then turn around and start walking in the opposite direction.
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The New York City Police Department is investigating this bizarre and unfounded stabbing. (Reuters/Brendan McDiarmid)
The newspaper has learned from the New York City Police Department that the suspected attacker is 62-year-old Cyril Destin, who police sources say has committed 24 crimes including criminal mischief and trespassing over the past 20 years. He has been arrested several times.
After the incident, police reportedly arrested Destin and took him to Bellevue Hospital.
The New York City Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for further information on the case.
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The victim, identified only as a 46-year-old woman, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was treated for a stab wound to the chest and is in stable condition, the Post added.
