Stranger slashes NYC straphanger during evening rush-hour clash: cops

An apparent stranger slashed a Bronx straphanger during an evening rush-hour clash Thursday, cops said. The menace, who sported a white beard, got into an argument with the 26-year-old victim as he stepped off a northbound No.4 train at the East 167th Street & River Avenue station around 5:50 p.m., police said.He then cut the victim on the right side of his face, cops said. The victim was taken to BronxCare Health System, where he was listed in stable condition, according to authorities. It was unclear Friday what sparked the fight. The attack came hours after a teen was battered with a metal bottle and put in a chokehold by a stranger who thought he was filming him on board a Lower Manhattan train Thursday afternoon, cops and sources said. The brute confronted the 19-year-old victim – who he assumed was taking a video of him – around 4:30 p.m.

on board an uptown 5 train nearing the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station, according to authorities and law enforcement sources.The irate suspect then clobbered the young man with the bottle, repeatedly punched him in the face and placed him in a chokehold, police said. The attacker then got off the train and fled the scene, police said.The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.The NYPD released surveillance images of the goateed suspect, seen in the station wearing a black hoodie pulled up over his white baseball cap, and black shorts.Anyone with information on the suspects in both cases is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips....