Metro

Yet another unprovoked NYC subway attack as woman, 68, slashed

A 68-year-old woman was slashed at a bustling Manhattan train station late Thursday — just the latest in a rash of unprovoked attacks on Big Apple commuters. 

The victim was walking down the stairs at the 14th Street-Union Square transit hub around 8:45 p.m. when a man approached her from behind and, without saying a word, slashed her on the left shoulder, police said. 

The suspect, who wore a gold jacket, took off after the attack, authorities said. 

The woman refused medical attention and was uncooperative with police, cops said. 

The incident came days after a man randomly socked a 45-year-old woman in the face as she walked down the stairs at the Woodlawn No. 4 train station in the Bronx around 7:12 a.m. Monday, police said. 

That victim suffered pain, swelling and a cut on her lips, cops said. She later reported the incident and refused medical attention at that time. 

68-year-old woman was slashed
The suspect is still on the loose, authorities said.  Matthew McDermott

Police are still looking for the suspect.

Surveillance video captured after the attack – released by police late Thursday – shows him picking up an order at the nearby Gino’s Pizzeria and Restaurant on Jerome Avenue. 

The Union Square slashing is just the latest in a spate of crime underground. In a recent revolting incident, Frank Abrokwa, 37, allegedly smeared feces in a 43-year-old woman’s face as she sat on a bench at the Wakefield-241st Street subway station in the Bronx.

A judge released Abrokwa this week — because the charges against him were not bail-eligible under the state’s soft-on-crime bail reform laws — sparking outrage from Mayor Eric Adams and MTA chairman Janno Lieber.

Also last week, William Blount, 57, allegedly bludgeoned “hero’’ city health worker Nina Rothschild, also 57, with a hammer and stole her bag in the Queens Plaza subway station. He was ordered held without bail, and faces up to 25 years behind bars if convicted.

As of Sunday — the most recent day for which statistics are available — 86 felony assaults had been reported in the Big Apple’s transit system this year, the NYPD said.

A total of 79 had been reported during the same period last year, according to the department.