Three suspects responsible for attacking a homeless man during a Queens subway stabbing early Saturday morning remain at large, police reported.
The 46-year-old male victim was attacked at about 3:07 a.m. on Feb. 19 in the mezzanine of the Jamaica-Van Wyck station on the E/J lines, off the corner of Metropolitan and Jamaica Avenues in Kew Gardens.
According to law enforcement sources, the three suspects approached the homeless man and demanded his money, leading to a dispute. The argument quickly escalated into violence when the pack of men went on the attack, stabbing the homeless man seven times in the buttocks and thighs. They then fled the scene in an unknown direction.and NYPD Transit District 20 responded to the incident. EMS brought the man to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition.
It was the third subway stabbing in as many days in New York City. On Thursday, a breakdancer was attacked on board an L train near the First Avenue station in Manhattan’s East Village;
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