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The
woman, who was not named by law enforcement officials, was
stabbed at the 34th Street Herald Square station and was taken
to nearby Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, a police
spokesperson said.
The unidentified suspect fled "topside" out of the subway system
and remained at large on Monday evening, the spokesperson said.
New York City has seen a surge in violence in recent months,
accompanied by a series of random attacks on riders on its
subway system.
The transit violence has included a number of attacks in which
passengers were pushed onto the tracks from platforms, including
a Manhattan woman whose murder was seen as part of a surge in
hate crimes against Asian Americans.
The victim in Monday's assault was not Asian, the police
spokesperson said, while declining to give further details.
On April 12, a gunman set off two smoke bombs and opened fire in
a New York City subway car, wounding more than 20 people. A
suspect identified as 62-year-old Frank James was taken into
custody the following day.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Bradley
Perrett)
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