Police: Man on bike with large knife stabs person on street in Midtown Manhattan

Friday, September 29, 2017
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police are searching for a man with a large knife who attacked a person on the street in Midtown Manhattan Thursday afternoon.

The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Park Avenue and East 54th Street.
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According to police, a man on a bike apparently stabbed a man in the chest with a large knife. The victim is believed to be a pedestrian.

The victim walked to 59th Street and Third Avenue and got help. Police said his injuries don't appear to be life threatening.

The attacker got away on the bike.
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Police said this does not appear to be connected to another stabbing that happened blocks away in Midtown about 90 minutes earlier.

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