NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Four people were stabbed or slashed in less than three hours in upper Manhattan and the Bronx on Wednesday night, police said.
The victims include a man who was stabbed as he walked down a street and a woman who was slashed in the arm on a subway train. All of them are expected to survive.
The violence started at 9:45 p.m. when a man stabbed another man in the right arm at West 145th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Hamilton Heights, according to police.
The victim was taken in stable condition to Harlem Hospital, where he was not being cooperative with police, the NYPD said.
Citizen App video shows police tape blocking two corners of the intersection amid an investigation.
Then around 12:05 a.m., a second man was stabbed at West 147th Street and Broadway in Hamilton Heights, just a few blocks away from the first stabbing.
Police said the victim was stabbed from behind as he walked down a sidewalk.
He suffered stab wounds to his back and leg and was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.
Police said they’re searching for two men wearing dark-colored clothing who fled westbound down West 147th Street.
Minutes after that stabbing, a 19-year-old woman was slashed on the arm by a man on a northbound 1-line train near the 168th Street station in Washington Heights around 12:20 a.m.
The victim was taken to Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she was recovering, police said.
The suspect, who police believe is in his mid-20s, remained at large Thursday after fleeing at the 181st Street station.
The fourth attack was in the Bronx just before 12:45 a.m. Thursday.
Police said a 39-year-old man was stabbed in the neck at a bodega on University Avenue, near W. Kingsbridge Road, in Kingsbridge Heights.
The victim was stabbed during a dispute with two men who are believed to be in their 20s, police said.
He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.
No arrests have been made in the assaults, according to police, who said they couldn't say if any of them were connected.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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