Italian tourist slashed in unprovoked attack

Italian tourist slashed in unprovoked attack in Manhattan
By Nicholas Williams
November 23, 2024

The 42-year-old tourist was walking north at Madison Ave. and E. 37th St. in Murray Hill around 10:40 a.m. when he was approached by an unidentified woman who swung at him with a knife, slashing the victim in the right hand, causing a laceration. The incident was said to be unprovoked. The slasher fled northbound on Madison Ave.
The victim declined to be taken to a hospital and was treated by EMS at the scene.
Cops released a photo of the slasher, who was wearing a purple sweatshirt, blue jacket, black pants and black and white sneakers.