A man slashed a straphanger in the face on a Manhattan subway platform Friday, cops said.
The 26-year-old victim told police he was arguing with another man on the northbound platform of the No. 1, 2, and 3 trains at the 72nd St. Station near Broadway on the Upper West Side around 3:15 p.m., according to cops.
The attacker ended the argument by opening a gash on the victim’s face before fleeing to the street, they said.
Medics ferried the victim to Mount Sinai West for treatment.
Friday’s slashing mirrored a fatal stabbing in the Bronx last Saturday, when an argument between two straphangers escalated into a deadly stabbing.
The 33-year-old victim, Nigel Dumas, was arguing with Shane Cunnison, 37, about 3:30 p.m. aboard a northbound No. 2 train at the Third Avenue – 149th St. Station when Cunnison grabbed a knife away from Dumas and plunged it into his chest twice, cops said.
Police cuffed Cunnison later that day on the charge of first-degree manslaughter.
But Cunnison’s lawyer, Alexandra Katz, blamed Dumas for instigating the attack, saying he menaced her client and that the knife used in the stabbing belonged to the victim.