Man, 61, bloodied during subway assault while 34-year-old attacked with metal object in latest MTA violence
NY Post
A straphanger was thumped in the back of the head with a metal object and another rider was whacked with an umbrella on Tuesday in the latest assaults in Big Apple subway stations.
In the first attack, a 34-year-old man was hit over the head with an unknown metal object in an unprovoked attack at the Grand Avenue-Newtown station in Queens around 12:50 p.m., police said.
He was on the stairs leaving the station when a male assailant came up from behind and launched the attack, according to cops.
The victim was taken to Queens Hospital Center with non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.
Hours later, a 61-year-old man was left bloodied in an assault at the 86th Street station on the Upper East Side.
That victim, David Beaglehole, said he was walking out the station around 4:30 p.m. when a male suspect jabbed him in the left hand with an umbrella after the two exchanged words.
