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The man was arrested on assault, reckless endangerment,
menacing, harassment, disorderly conduct and a weapons charge
after the attack at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday which left a 42-year-old
man with an injured wrist and a 26-year-old woman with a neck
injury, police said.
Both victims were in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital after
the attack and on Wednesday, police said.
It was not immediately known who will represent the man in
court.
The attacks came amid heightened concerns about crime in the
subways, particularly after the arrest Sunday of a man charged
with setting a woman on fire on a subway car. The woman died
from her injuries.
Mayor Eric Adams told reporters in Harlem that the man had
suffered from a history of mental illness.
The New York Post reported that the woman who was slashed said
she had just gotten off the No. 4 train and was heading to work
when she was attacked.
The newspaper quoted her as saying that she was punched to the
ground as her assailant repeatedly yelled, “what’s your
problem?” before he lunged at her with a small knife, cutting
through her throat.
The attack came just hours after the man accused of burning a
woman to death inside a New York City subway train appeared in
Brooklyn criminal court to face two murder charges.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is
a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally, was not
required to enter a plea and did not speak at the hearing in
Brooklyn criminal court.
Zapeta, held at the city's Rikers Island jail complex, is
expected back in court on Friday. So far, his lawyer has not
requested bail.
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