A maniac slashed a person and a girl in separate assaults within the Grand Central-Forty second Road Station on Christmas Eve, in keeping with cops and legislation enforcement sources.
The assailant first knifed a 42-year-old man throughout the left wrist after the 2 received into an argument on the steps of the southbound entrance of the Midtown station round 10:15 p.m., police and the sources mentioned.
The suspect then ran up some stairs and received into an argument with the girl, 26, earlier than slashing her on the neck close to a turnstile, in keeping with sources.
Each victims have been taken to Bellevue Hospital in steady situation.
Following the second slashing, the suspect fled up an escalator, however witnesses received the eye of cops who arrested him and recovered a knife, sources mentioned.
The NYPD mentioned the division has an individual of curiosity in custody.
No costs have been filed but.
The suspect has three prior arrests for felony mischief, fare beating, and assaulting a police officer, in keeping with sources.
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