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MTA cleaner slashes man during fight over bleach poured in station: sources

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MTA cleaner slashes man during fight over bleach poured in station: sources

An MTA cleaner allegedly slashed a man who confronted him for pouring bleach near the spot where he’d been sleeping on a Brooklyn subway platform early Monday, cops and sources said.

The 47-year-old victim was snoozing on the southbound side of the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station around 1:45 a.m. when Antonio Larode, who was cleaning the platform, dumped bleach on the floor next to him, according to authorities and sources.

That angered the sleeping man, who confronted the 62-year-old Larode, the sources said.

Police are seen outside the Pacific St. and 4th Ave. subway entrance to the Barclays Center subway stop in Brooklyn, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.

The attack happened after the victim confronted the worker for pouring bleach on the floor near his sleeping spot, sources said. Robert Mecea

Larode then cut him above his left eye, cops said.

The MTA employee was arrested at the scene and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

Police are seen on the platform at the Pacific Street and 4th Avenue subway stop at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.  A man was stabbed by an MTA worker.

Transit cleaner Antonio Larode, 62, was arrested and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said. Robert Mecea

A man who was stabbed is seen with a bandage on his head outside the Pacific Street and 4th Avenue subway entrance to the Barclays Center subway stop in Brooklyn, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.  The man was stabbed by an MTA worker.

The victim was cut above his eye and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Robert Mecea

Larode has been employed with the MTA for 15 months, the agency said.

The victim was taken to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he remains in stable condition, cops said.

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