A pair of muggers slugged a straphanger on the Grand Central subway station and robbed him at knifepoint Tuesday, cops mentioned.
The 29-year-old sufferer was driving a southbound No. 2 practice, operating on the 4, 5, and 6 line, on the forty second Avenue-Grand Central cease round 8 p.m. when the pair displayed a knife and punched him, authorities mentioned.
Additionally they grabbed his pockets and cellphone, cops mentioned.
The suspects fled and no arrests have been made.
The incident got here weeks after an analogous incident on the rails within the Bronx, police mentioned.
A 49-year-old man was ready for a southbound No. 2 practice contained in the White Plains Highway and Nereid Avenue station round 12:30 p.m. Sept. 1 when an unidentified man snatched his cellphone from his hand and ran off, cops mentioned.
The sufferer chased after the thief — however he refused to return the cellphone, police mentioned.
As a substitute, he punched the straphanger, slashed him within the face and ran off, cops mentioned.
The sufferer was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, the place he was listed in secure situation.
No arrests have been made.
Cops launched a photograph of the suspect late Tuesday.
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