NEW YORK - Police have arrested four people in connection with a series of slashings, beatings, and robberies that unfolded early Friday on the 4, 5, 6 subway line, Commissioner Dermot Shea announced on Friday afternoon.
A group of men — possibly up to six — roamed the subway in Manhattan and assaulted several people, wounding some with a knife, NYPD officials said.
The group attacked at least four people within a span of 12 minutes aboard a southbound No. 4 in Manhattan.The men first attacked a 44-year-old man near the Union Square station at about 4:25 a.m., police said.
An attacker with a knife slashed the victim while at least one other group member encouraged it, cops said.A few minutes later, the attackers slashed a 40-year-old man.