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Shocking Come-From-Behind Times Square Slashing Leaves Woman Hospitalized

The woman was in the heart of Times Square Sunday morning when the man charged her and attacked her with a box cutter

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A woman was walking through Times Square Sunday morning, pulling a cart and minding her own business, when a man randomly charged her from behind and slashed her with a box cutter, police said.

The attack happened at 10 a.m. Sunday at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. A 59-year-old Asian woman told police that a man approached her and, unprovoked, slashed her right hand.

She was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.

Surveillance video released by the NYPD shows the woman apparently walking up 42nd when - out of nowhere and for no apparent reason - the man charges up behind her, slashes her hand and then backs off.

Detectives identified the man as 30-year-old Anthony Evans. They said the attack is not being investigated as a hate crime as of Monday evening.

Times Square Slashing Suspect
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Police want this man in connection with an unprovoked slashing in Times Square on July 31, 2022.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can submit tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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