A subway rider was knifed in the gut on a Queens train Saturday morning after asking another passenger to stop talking loudly on his cell phone, cops said.
The 54-year-old victim made the request of the stranger while riding an E train at the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station around 11 a.m., police said.
The chatty subway rider allegedly responded by punching the victim several times in the face before stabbing him in the abdomen, according to police.
The attacker jumped off the train at the station and is in the wind, police said.
The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition.
The attack comes a day after a homeless man was arrested for allegedly slashing two men in their faces in a caught-on-video outburst on a busy subway platform in Queens last week.
Tyquan Manassa, 28, was charged Friday in connection to the Wednesday afternoon attacks on two men on the southbound platform of the E and F train at the Union Turnpike station in Kew Gardens, the NYPD said.
Manassa was identified as the stabbing suspect after cops busted him for a separate, unhinged outburst at the Ward’s Island shelter where he’d been staying Thursday, sources said.
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Underground violence feels like the norm now, one teen straphanger at the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station said.
“Unfortunately, I feel like it happens so often that it’s kind of like we’re desensitized to it,” said Fatima Shahid.
“It does make me feel a little unsafe,” said Shahid, 18, who lives in the area. “I’m glad that I don’t take the train as often as I used to. … So I feel a little okay, but I know that somebody who does it every day would be scared and feel unsafe.”
A 37-year-old man who identified himself as Perry was surprised by the stabbing at the station.
“No, this is not normal, and not what I’ve heard or seen before,” he said. “Just hearing this is crazy.”
