Suspect in stabbing of three women on New York subway arrested

New York Police Department authorities reported Tuesday the arrest of a suspect in the stabbings of three women at various points in the city's subway network.

The detainee, a 28-year-old man, has been charged with three counts of first-degree assault. The assaults took place on Sunday. In recent hours, police released images of a suspect to ask for citizen collaboration leading to his arrest. Finally, police officers located and arrested him as he was walking down the street in upper Manhattan.

As reported by the NYPD, in the first incident, a 19-year-old woman was stabbed in the leg as she climbed the stairs to the platform at the 86th Street-Lexington Avenue subway station. The suspect then attacked a 48-year-old woman at the same station, also stabbing her in the leg as she stood on the subway platform. The suspect fled on a downtown Line 4 train, and both victims were transported to a local hospital.

Shortly thereafter, according to police, a 28-year-old woman who was sitting on a southbound Line 4 train headed for the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station was stabbed in the leg. The suspect fled the scene again, and the victim was also transported to a nearby hospital.

Perpetrator of deadly New York City subway stabbing arrested

A suspect was charged in a separate incident involving the death of a man who was found with stab wounds at the Union Square subway station early Saturday morning. It so happens that the attack also took place on the Line 4 train, the same train where the stabbings of the three women took place.

Claude White, a 33-year-old homeless male, was arrested after allegedly jumping a turnstile. White has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Police believe White is responsible for the stab wounds that killed 32-year-old Tavon Silver early Saturday morning.

In the wake of these incidents, many subway users wonder why no bystander acted on the attacks, especially the three consecutive stabbings suffered by the women. Social media seems to have the answer: the last citizen who tried to neutralize a potential danger in the subway ended up facing persecution from the media, police and the courts. This was Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing Jordan Neely in the New York City subway.