An attacker beat a woman at a Midtown train station Tuesday morning after accusing her of staring at him, police and sources said.
The 28-year-old woman was standing on the platform of the northbound C train at the 50th Street station around 3:10 a.m. when the bully asked her to stop looking at him, authorities and reports said. sources.
He then became violent and struck the woman in the torso with a knife, police said.
He fled the station and had not been caught as of Wednesday.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The suspect, described as a man in his 50s and approximately 6 feet tall, was last seen wearing yellow pants and a blue shirt and carrying a black gym bag.
Surveillance footage released Tuesday by the New York Police Department shows him walking on the sidewalk and looking around.
Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X @NYPDTips.
