Attacker stabs, bites man in Brooklyn subway

Police are searching for a suspect after a 19-year-old man was stabbed and bitten at the Pennsylvania Avenue station in East New York
Police are searching for a suspect after a 19-year-old man was stabbed and bitten at the Pennsylvania Avenue station in East New York. Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A subway attacker stabbed and bit a man at a Brooklyn station last week, police said Monday as they released images of a suspect.

The 19-year-old victim was on a platform at the Pennsylvania Avenue station at Livonia Avenue in East New York around 2:45 p.m. last Wednesday when another man got into an argument with him.

The dispute turned physical, and the stranger stabbed the victim in his torso, police said.

He also bit the victim on the forearm during the confrontation, according to police.

The assailant fled, while the victim was taken in stable condition to Interfaith Medical Center.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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