Cops release photos of man suspected of stabbing NYC subway rider in the eye
An unhinged man who stabbed a Brooklyn subway rider in the eye is now in the crosshairs of the NYPD.
On Saturday, cops released photos of the suspect who knifed his 30-year-old victim, Nedal Kifayeh, in the left eye Thursday.
Police described the suspect as a man with a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt with a graphic, a blue Amazon vest, dark-colored sweatpants and white sneakers.
“I definitely want him [the suspect] caught,” the victim’s brother, Jay Kifayeh, 33, told The Post following the assault. “Violence is not a way to deal with anything.”
Nedal Kifayeh – a waiter at a wedding hall who lives with his mom and brothers – was standing on the southbound platform at the Bay Ridge Avenue subway station around 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 17 when another man bladed him, police said.
His attacker ran off.
Kifayeh was in stable condition at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn and set to undergo surgery.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.