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A New York man has died after being brutally stabbed by a stranger as he exited a subway in the Bronx on Thursday night, and the shocking ordeal was captured on surveillance footage.
The video shows the victim, dressed in a red jacket and white pants, trying to wrestle with his attacker, but the suspect is able to stab the man repeatedly.
After stabbing the victim under a subway sign five times, the man punches him again in the face and flees the train station.
The victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition and later succumbed to his injuries, according to police.
The two men struggled before the black-clad suspect was able to get on top of the victim and stab him repeatedly.
The shocked victim lies on the floor of the station after being stabbed as the suspect fled the scene
Police are standing at the scene of the alleged murder in the Bronx, showing bits of gory dust and garbage
Total crime in New York City is up 32.68 percent this year, and there’s also an increase in terrifying subway attacks
New York police have yet to identify the attacker, who committed the unprovoked attack when the victim exited a train heading north.
They also have yet to identify the victim pending notification from family members.
Police described the attacker as a dark-skinned man, approximately 5’11 and 160 lbs, and was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and Nike sneakers.
While New York City’s homicide rate is down 13.5 percent from last year, total crime is up 32.68 percent.
The city has also seen rapes rise from 1,137 cases last year to 1,249 so far this year, an increase of nearly 10 percent.
The number of robberies has also increased by 36.5 percent and the number of assaults and burglaries by 15.9 and 31.5 percent respectively.
Although homicides are less frequent this year, the city has been dealing with daily reports of attacks, with a large number of brutal attacks on the metro system this year.
Two teenage girls were beaten and robbed by a gang of women in neon green skinsuits on a Manhattan subway on Sunday, police said.
The pair of 19-year-olds were waiting for the N train in Times Square around 2 a.m., when a group of at least six women in bright green costumes descended the station stairs.
The teens backed off and chose to board a different train car from the group that was “loud and obnoxious,” according to one of the girls’ mothers.
But the group, dressed in green, poured into the train from every entrance, eventually ‘jumping’ the two young women.
Both teenage girls were waved, stomped and beaten by the green-clad group on a New York City N train around 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Bystanders tried not to intervene when the innocent girls were beaten and robbed, but recorded the incident
Transit-related crimes have increased 43 percent in the past 12 months, in addition to a 16 percent increase in assault charges, according to police files.
Last year there were 1,165 crimes reported in the urban transportation system, compared to 1,670 this year.
While politicians have tried to downplay the rampant violence in the city’s subway, residents are growing increasingly frustrated with the conditions.
Elizabeth Gomes, a 33-year-old mother, was brutally beaten by a man on the subway and nearly lost her eye.
Tiffany Cabán, a Queens councilor, tweeted that subway violence is a “one-in-a-million event,” prompting Gomes to speak out.
“I’d say it’s ridiculous for her to say that,” Gomes told FOX News.
“(Almost) 99 percent of these violent (attacks) come from the subways. There is no help there. There are hardly any cameras there or anything like that. So, how can she even say we’re making these things up? The subway is a dangerous place.’
Gomes recalled the event and answered questions about transportation safety. “The subway is a dangerous place,” she said
Elizabeth Gomes, 33, was attacked on September 20 as she got off the subway at JFK airport and went to work
Pictured: District 22 Councilor Tiffany Cabán’s tweet, which circulated on social media a week after Gomes’ attack