A man was stabbed numerous times during a broad-daylight mugging Wednesday afternoon in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, cops said.
The 33-year-old victim was walking at 32nd St. and Fifth Ave., just a block from the tourist-destination Empire State Building, around 12:31 p.m. when an unidentified man pushed him to the ground and stabbed him three times in the neck. The attacker then grabbed around $10 out of the victim’s pockets before fleeing on foot.
EMS transported the victim, who did not know his attacker, to Bellevue Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
There were no arrests. Police are still trying to track down the assailant, who was described as dark-skinned, 6-feet-2 and wearing a black hat and black sweatshirt.
The incident comes hot on the heels of an unhinged homeless man slashing a young costume designer‘s throat with a glass bottle shard during an unprovoked street attack in Soho on Monday, leaving her in critical condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
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