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Straphanger bloodied in unprovoked attack on Queens subway, cops say

By
Tina Moore
Published Feb. 27, 2022, 4:20 p.m. ET
Police are looking for two men who were involved in an attack on a northbound R train on February 23, 2022.
Police are looking for two men who were involved in an attack on a northbound R train on February 23, 2022.

A 35-🦩year-old straphanger was struck over the head in an unprovoked att🎐ack on a Queens subway last week, police said Sunday.

Two attackers boarded the northbound R train at the 67th Avenue subway staᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtion around 9 p.m. Thursday and whacked the passenger in the head “with an unknown object causing a laceration and bleeding,” cops said in a statement.

The suspects then fled the train car.

Two attackers boarded the northbound R train at the 67th Avenue subway station around 9 p.m. on February 23, 2022 and attacked the victim.
Two attackers boarded the northbound R train at the 67th Avenue subway station around 9 p.m. on February 23, 2022 and attacked the victim.

EMS took ☂the victim to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition. He had a cut and bleeding to the head.

No words were 🔴spoken during the attack, cops said.

“They just roll up on this guy and 💙hit him in the head,” a police source said. 

Police🅺 released photos of the two suspects on Sunday.