Brazilian Tourist Slashed in Unprovoked Subway Slashing

Tourist Neck Slashed at Subway Station  

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a slashing of a Brazilian tourist at a Queens subway station. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a slashing of a Brazilian tourist at a Queens subway station. -Photo by NYPD


2nd Brazilian Tourist Wounded in NYC in 2 Weeks


By Dan Gesslein 

Queens Voice 

February 16, 2024 


QUEENS - A Brazilian tourist was slashed across the neck at a Queens subway station during what is being called an unprovoked attack, the NYPD said. 


At around 10:30 am on February 15, a 29-year-old tourist from Brazil was standing on the mezzanine level of the Queens Plaza subway station on the "E, M, R" line. Cops said without warning a man dressed in a black balaclava and gray hoodie walked up behind him and slashed the left side of the tourist’s neck with a knife. 


The knife-totting suspect ran out of the station but not before his image was captured on subway surveillance cameras. 


The victim was rushed by EMS to Elmhurst Hospital. He is listed in stable condition.


This is the second Brazilian tourist injured in as many weeks visiting NYC. Last week a female tourist from Brazil was shot in the leg when a gunman opened fire inside a Times Square sporting goods store. The gunman opened fire when the security tried to stop him from shoplifting. 


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.

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