Police on Friday were searching for a suspect after an Israeli tourist was slashed on a subway platform in Greenwich Village early Friday morning.
Police said the 55-year-old man was looking at a subway map when he dozed off on a bench on the 6 train platform at the Bleecker Street station overnight.
Investigators said the man, dressed in traditional Hasidic clothing, had been traveling from Brooklyn to meet friends in the Diamond District when he got lost, CBS2’s Janelle Burrell reported.
Police said a man came up to him and slashed his neck, arm and hands several times before running away with the victim’s cash.
Police said another man and his friend found the victim bleeding after attack. They applied pressure to his wounds until they were able to flag down a squad car.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, where his condition was reported to be stable. Cont.
Story from - CBS New York
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