Manhattan subway stab suspect nabbed in same station days later with 3 knives

A fishy wanted for stabbing a alien who accidentally bumped him successful a Manhattan subway halt was carrying 3 knives erstwhile helium was nabbed astatine the aforesaid station days later, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Raymond Kwok, 27, was arraigned successful Manhattan Criminal Court connected charges of assault, attempted battle and limb possession for the Friday stabbing astatine the First Ave. L bid presumption successful the East Village.

Kwok, who lives adjacent the station, was arrested determination Monday aft being spotted by cops. He was equipped with a switchblade and 2 different knives erstwhile helium was picked up, according to a transgression complaint.

The apprehension came 1 time aft cops released a representation of the fishy taken from an MTA information camera and asked the public’s assistance identifying him.

Police astatine the First Ave. subway presumption connected the L enactment successful Manhattan, wherever a commuter was stabbed connected Friday. (Sam Costanza for the New York Daily News)

The lawsuit against Kwok is beardown 1 and includes surveillance footage of the assault, Assistant District Attorney Megan Acosta argued successful court.

Around 8:40 p.m. Friday, the 29-year-old unfortunate had conscionable exited a Brooklyn-bound L bid astatine the halt erstwhile helium unwittingly bumped into Kwok, who past brandished a weapon and stabbed the unfortunate successful the back, according to police.

A information defender monitoring the level witnessed the unfortunate looking confused and successful symptom and idiosyncratic fleeing up the stairs to the street.

“Someone came up down him and stabbed him successful the back,” said the information guard, who gave his sanction arsenic Samba. “He ne'er saw it coming.”

“He yelled, ‘Somebody punched me.’ But past we looked and we saw each the blood.”

Police astatine the First Ave. subway presumption connected the L enactment successful Manhattan, wherever a commuter was stabbed. (Sam Costanza for the New York Daily News)

Medics transported the unfortunate to Bellevue Hospital successful unchangeable information and prosecutors Tuesday said helium is expected to afloat recover.

Acosta requested $25k currency bail but Kwok was fixed supervised merchandise by Judge Michael Gaffney. He is owed backmost successful tribunal October 31.

With Molly Crane-Newman