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Another Straphanger Slashed In The Face At Subway Station
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 6, 2016
Modified Feb 6, 2016
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Another person was slashed in the face at a Bronx subway station this morning, making him at least the 11th such slashing victim so far in 2016.
According to police, the incident happened around 4:40 a.m. at the West Farms Square - East Tremont Avenue 2/5 subway station Saturday. The 32-year-old victim was walking down the stairs when he got into a dispute with two men walking behind him. One of the men then slashed him in the face with a sharp object, and fled the scene.
"The victim is trying to talk to one and he expresses he’s not interested in having a conversation with the guy," a source told the Post, adding that “it may have been flirtation."
The victim was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital in stable condition. Cops add that no arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. This incident comes two days after two men were arrested after both punched women in separate subway assaults.
While officials insist there is no pattern to the uptick, the cops are planning to give the MTA a proposal to ban career criminals from the subway as part of his MTA crime-prevention strategy. MTA board member Allen Cappelli, who’s also a defense attorney, fully supports the effort, and according the News, he want to pressure the MTA to create a unit (costing around $250,000) that "tracks prosecutions of suspects with hefty records of subway crimes and works with district attorneys to make subway bans part of plea deals or terms of probation."
If you're feeling stressed by all these subway confrontations, let the soothing words of our resident Native New Yorker put you at ease: "Sure, I understand that it's annoying to get screamed at by a crazy person, but you have to be pretty stupid, insecure, or insane yourself to get upset by it. Take a deep breath, summon up some sympathy for the poor, afflicted soul who's causing the trouble, and then feel lucky that you had the presence of mind to avoid a preventable altercation. Seven out of ten of this year's subway stabbings and slashings happened because people ignored this advice! Don't let that happen to you."
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