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Cops release photos of unhinged man suspected of stabbing NYC subway rider in the eye

An unhinged man who stabbed a Brooklyn s💜ubway 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 Thurs🐬day.

Police described the suspect as a man with a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a b𝔉lack-hooded sweatshirt with a graphic, a blue A💞mazon vest, dark-colored sweatpants and white sneakers.

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. DCPI
Cops released photos of the suspect on Saturday. DCPI

“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 platfಞorm a⛄t 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.

Nedal Kifayeh, 30, was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn after being stabbed in the left
eye, police said. Family photo

Kifayeh was in stable condition at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn and set to undergo sur♓gery🗹.

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 , or on X @NYPDTips.