Two slashed, including MTA security guard, in separate NYC subway attacks

Two radical — including a information defender — were mercilessly slashed Monday successful disturbing subway attacks that erupted conscionable minutes isolated successful Manhattan and Brooklyn, constabulary sources said.

In the archetypal incident, a information defender contracted by the MTA astatine the 86th St. presumption connected the Upper East Side confronted a antheral sneaking onto the downtown level of the Nos. 4, 5, and 6 trains astir 6:25 p.m., sources said.

The 30-year-old defender tried to halt the fare evader, who became irate and pulled retired a boxcutter, slashing the defender crossed the face.

NYPD officers analyse a slashing successful the E. 86th St. 4/5/6 Lexington Ave. subway presumption Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 successful Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)

Medics took the wounded information defender to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, wherever helium was successful unchangeable condition.

“He was conscionable doing his job,” an MTA worker astatine the presumption said aboriginal Monday night. “[The attacker] was decidedly a psycho.”

About a fractional hr later, 2 men argued connected a Canarsie-bound L train, constabulary said.

As the bid rumbled toward the Wilson Ave. presumption successful Bushwick, 1 of the men pulled retired a leaf and slashed the 30-year-old antheral helium was arguing with.

The man, suffering from slash wounds to his backmost and neck, was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, wherever helium was expected to survive.

There were nary contiguous arrests successful either slashing.