NYC train rider stabbed in random attack as subway crime continues to spiral out of control

A man was stabbed twice in a random attack on board a downtown train in Manhattan on Sunday, capping off a bloody weekend in the city’s crime-ridden subway system, which has seen close to 300 violent incidents so far this year.

The 31-year-old victim was on a southbound 6 train approaching Canal Street at 6.10pm when police say a stranger plunged a knife twice into his arm without any apparent provocation. 

The attacker remained on the train as it continued on its way to Brooklyn, while the victim got off at the Canal Street station, where photographs showed his blood staining walls and floors. 

The knifed man, who has not been named, was transported to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. 

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