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Unprovoked NYC subway attack: Victim hit in head with metal object in Queens

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The attacker approached the victim from behind and hit him in the head with a metal object, police said.

A person exiting a Queens subway station was attacked by a stranger from behind, unprovoked, in the last act of violence within the NYC subway system, according to authorities.The attack happened at the Grand Avenue–Newtown station, which services the E, F and R trains, near Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst on Tuesday.The perp then fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction.The victim sustained a laceration to the head but is expected to be OK.

Yet more questions are being raised about the safety of the New York City subway system after several recent attacks.On Sunday, police a 64-year-old was kicked off of the platform and fell onto the tracks, but was rescued by other passengers.At the same station at around 11 p.m. last Friday, police say a 27-year-old man was approached by a male suspect aboard an A train pulling into the 34th Street/Penn Station stop.

 

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