New York — A man accused of using a knife to kill a man and woman in Manhattan’s Grand Central subway station faced assault and menacing charges Wednesday.
The man was arrested on Tuesday at 10:15 p.m. on assault, reckless endangerment, menacing, harassment, disorderly conduct and weapons charges, which left a 42-year-old man with a wrist injury and a 26-year-old woman with injuries. He suffered a neck injury, police said.
Both victims remained in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital following the attack, police said Wednesday.
It was not immediately clear who would represent the man in court.
The attack comes amid growing concerns about subway crime, especially after the arrest of a man accused of setting a woman on fire in a subway car on Sunday. The woman died from her injuries.
Mayor Eric Adams told reporters in Harlem that the man suffered from a history of mental illness.
The New York Post reported that the woman who was stabbed had just gotten off the No. 4 train and was on her way to work when she was attacked.
The newspaper reported that she said she was punched to the ground as her assailant continued to yell, “What’s your problem?” before he lunged at her with a small knife and cut her throat.
The attack came just hours after the man accused of burning a woman to death on a New York City subway appeared in Brooklyn criminal court on two counts of murder.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said was a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally, was not required to enter a plea and did not speak during the hearing in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
Zapeta, who is incarcerated at the city’s Rikers Island jail, is scheduled to appear back in court on Friday. So far, his attorney has not requested bail.
