Teenager Slashed in the Face at Times Square By Attacker on Bicycle – NBC New York

A youngster was left with a deep minimize to his face after a person on a bicycle slashed him in a seemingly random assault in Instances Sq. earlier than taking off, police mentioned.

The 15-year-old was together with his household on the Crossroads of America Friday night time when the attacker approached on the bike and minimize the precise aspect of the sufferer’s face utilizing a razor blade connected to the top of a stick, in accordance with police.

A witness mentioned that the suspect did not say something or have any interplay with {the teenager}, and rode away proper after the assault. A person who was working at a close-by meals cart on West forty second Avenue and Seventh Avenue mentioned he gave the injured boy ice and napkins, and mentioned there was “lots of blood, all over the place.”

After instantly taking off, the attacker went over to thirty ninth Avenue and began slashing some bike tires, police mentioned. He was driving by the scene of the assault shortly after when a witness pointed him out to officers. Police mentioned he wielded his weapon at them earlier than he was arrested.

The suspect’s title was not instantly made clear, nor had been the costs he could also be going through.

The teenager was taken to the hospital, it was not instantly clear what situation he was in.