New York Police Flood Subway After Spate of Stabbings Leaves 2 Dead

New York Police Flood Subway After Spate of Stabbings Leaves 2 Dead
New York Police Department officers walk down a platform in the New York subway system as the outbreak of the coronavirus continues in New York, on April 13, 2020. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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New York City police deployed hundreds more officers to the subway system on Saturday after a string of stabbing attacks apparently targeting the homeless left two people dead.

New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said the first attack happened on Friday morning when a 67-year-old man was stabbed by a masked assailant at the West 181st Street station in upper Manhattan. That victim is recovering in the hospital.