Sword Attack In Bronx Leaves Victim With Serious Arm Injury

Avatar
Published on February 22, 2017, 4:55 pm
FavoriteLoadingAdd to favorites 15 secs

A man wielding a sword seriously injured another man in Bronx Monday afternoon.

The incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. on Merritt Avenue and Conner Street, the NYPD said.

The suspect and victim were involved in a dispute, according to police. The suspect followed the victim and attacked him with a sword, police said.

The victim suffered a serious injury to his arm, police said. He has been hospitalized and is in stable condition.

 

 

 

 

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/portableplayer/?cmsID=414537053&videoID=2_3uXKtud4S7&origin=nbcnewyork.com&sec=news&subsec=local&width=600&height=360&t=0

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1800577TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 188857PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers’ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All tips will be kept strictly confidential.

 

Avatar
Jonas Bronck is the pseudonym under which we publish and manage the content and operations of The Bronx Daily.™ | Bronx.com - the largest daily news publication in the borough of "the" Bronx with over 1.5 million annual readers. Publishing under the alias Jonas Bronck is our humble way of paying tribute to the person, whose name lives on in the name of our beloved borough.