Straphanger beaten unconscious by stranger with metal pipe in latest NYC subway violence: cops
NY Post
A Big Apple straphanger was repeatedly slammed in the head with a metal pipe at a Queens subway station — the latest example of the recent outburst of violence in the city’s troubled transit system.
The latest underground assault took place shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday at the Queensboro Plaza station when a thug walked up to the 31-year-old victim and struck him in the head “multiple times” in an unprovoked attack, according to police.
The bearded attacker then fled, leaving the victim unconscious.
He was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center to be treated for several cuts to his head and was listed in stable condition, police said Monday.
The assault is just the latest in a recent outbreak of underground violence in the city subways, as New Yorkers continue to worry about their safety in the transit system.
The attack comes after a Brazilian tourist was stabbed in the back at the Queens Plaza station in yet another unprovoked attack on Thursday, according to police.
