Bronx subway station sees two violent assaults just four hours apart: cops | amNewYork
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Bronx subway station sees two violent assaults just four hours apart: cops | amNewYork
"The first occurred aboard a southbound D train at around 4:27 p.m. on Aug. 27. Cops say a 50-year-old man was ambushed by a knife-wielding robber who punched him in the face and stole his cellphone. Police reported that the victim was not hospitalized and refused medical attention at the scene. The perpetrator, meanwhile, fled the station on foot; he was last seen wearing black pants and a black shirt."
"At around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday night, police reported, three men approached and assault the 42-year-old male victim on a Woodlawn-bound 4 train nearing the stop. During the assault, one of the suspects stabbed the man in the left side of his abdomen. The motive for the assault was not yet known. Following the attack, the three perpetrators fled in an unknown direction. EMS rushed the wounded man to Lincoln Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition."
Two separate violent crimes occurred at the 161 Street–Yankee Stadium station on Aug. 27. The first attack took place aboard a southbound D train at about 4:27 p.m., when a 50-year-old man was ambushed by a knife-wielding robber who punched him and stole his cellphone; the victim refused medical attention and was not hospitalized. The second attack occurred around 8:20 p.m. on a Woodlawn-bound 4 train, when three men assaulted a 42-year-old male and one suspect stabbed him in the left abdomen. EMS transported the wounded man to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition. All perpetrators remain at large, and tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers.
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