A maniac stabbed a sleeping subway rider within the head at the least thrice throughout Monday’s morning commute — sparking a brawl that splattered blood throughout the practice, cops and sources mentioned.
The 56-year-old sufferer was snoozing on board a southbound No. 1 practice passing by the 145th Avenue station in Harlem round 6:10 a.m. when a 20-year-old brute randomly knifed him at the least thrice within the head, cops and sources mentioned.
Officers from Transit District 3 — housed contained in the station — stepped in once they seen a commotion towards the again of the practice, the sources mentioned.
The knifing apparently sparked a brawl that spilled right into a second automotive, with blood left in each automobiles, based on the sources.
The attacker was taken into custody on the scene, with expenses nonetheless pending by the late morning, cops mentioned.
The sufferer was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside, the place he’s listed in secure situation with puncture wounds and bleeding to the again of his head.
A knife was recovered on the scene.
