Police seek six suspects in connection to a violent NYC subway attack and robbery.
According to police, the group approached a 39-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman on the train.The suspects, displaying a kitchen knife and switchblade, demanded the man’s shoes, cellphone and wallet, police said.
The female suspects demanded the woman’s cellphone, punched her multiple times in the face and tried removing her phone, but were unable to do so, police said. The group then fled off the train at the 28th Street station with the man’s wallet and cellphone, police said.According to the NYPD's February statistics, overall crime in New York City went down 5% last month, with significant decreases in murders, shootings and robberies.
Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and MTA Chair Janno Lieber descended the stairs of the station to announce some good news to New Yorkers: transit crime has dropped by over 9% last month compared to last year, marking the second consecutive month that crime has declined in the subway system.
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