Woman is beaten, stabbed while riding Brooklyn subway train

Police are searching for four suspects in an attack on a woman in Bedford-Stuyvesant on June 26
Police are searching for four suspects in an attack on a woman in Bedford-Stuyvesant on June 26. Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A subway rider was punched and stabbed by a group in an apparently unprovoked attack on a Brooklyn train Monday, police said Wednesday as they released an image of the suspect.

The victim, a 27-year-old woman, was riding an A train approaching the Franklin Avenue station in Bedford-Stuyvesant at 3:30 a.m. when she was approached by her four attackers.

The group pummeled her and then stabbed her in the head and shoulder with a blade, according to police.

The victim was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in stable condition.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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