Cops are looking for a man who stabbed a 49-year-old straphanger in the back after the two got into an argument on a subway in Brooklyn Monday afternoon, authorities say.
The victim was riding a northbound '2' train approaching the Bergen Street subway station around 12:40 p.m. when a stranger walked up to him and started an argument, police said. It wasn't clear what the two fought about, but the attacker whipped out a knife and jabbed him in the back, according to the NYPD.
He suffered a puncture wound and was taken to a hospital. He is expected to be OK.
The stabber got off the train at Bergen Street and ran off.
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Police released a photo of him (above). Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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