Police officials said Monday that officers are again being “surged” into the New York City subway system, with authorities apparently hot on the trail of a newfound subway slasher.
According to NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper, the department is working diligently to apprehend the fugitive suspected of slashing three women at two separate Manhattan subway stations on Sunday — two women at the 86th Street-Lexington Avenue station and another at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station. The three women were all reportedly knifed in the upper thigh, causing them to be hospitalized to receive stitches for their injuries.
Still, despite crime reportedly trending in the right direction, the department’s transit guru said he understands that some straphangers may feel uneasy after the series of slashings. In response, the NYPD will trickle even more uniformed officers into the subway system. “We’ve increased police presence and we’ve surged additional police presence in the subway systems starting last year,” Kemper said. “But certainly, subsequent to these incidents we’ve increased that even more, even greater, and that increase is going to remain until further notice.”In regard to the recent slashings, Kemper states that the suspect who struck on June 18 appears to be targeting women of all ages .
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