A subway rider was slashed on both of his hands after getting into an argument with two men at the 125th Street and Lenox Avenue station late Tuesday in Harlem.
According to the NYPD, the man got into a dispute just after 9 p.m. with two fellow passengers on a train and then was cut by one of the men on the subway platform of the 2, 3 train stop.
The man walked to Harlem Hospital 10 blocks north of the station and was treated for his injuries, police told source.
The police said the two suspects fled after cutting the victim — one running up to the street and the other jumping on a train. Both suspects were in their early 20s, police said.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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