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- A woman's husband cut off her arm from her bicep and now he's on the lam, police say
- It happened around noon Thursday at a Sunset Park home in Brooklyn
- The 31-year-old victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical but stable condition; her right arm was amputated
Police are looking for a Brooklyn man suspected of violently attacking his wife and severing her arm, authorities say.
Police were called to the Sunset Park home near 55th Street and 5th Avenue just after noon Thursday, and found the 35-year-old woman with her right arm severed at the bicep, the NYPD said. Two of her fingers on her left hand were also cut off.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical but stable condition; her right arm was amputated, according to police. It was cut off with a knife, which police found, cops said.
Officials are now hunting for her 35-year-old husband, Yong Lu, but he has not been apprehended, police said.
Neighbors now hope police arrest him soon.
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"I have a 5 and a 2-year-old," Shirley Mei said "It's unsafe to walk around fearing that something might happen again. I live here, it's unsafe now."
