Teenage tourists from South Africa are stabbed by suspect inside NYC’s Grand Central Terminal as they ate
- Two visiting teenage girls from South America were attacked and stabbed while having lunch in the Grand Central Terminal dining room on Monday
- The victims, aged 14 and 16, were touring the city with their parents when the incident occurred in the terminal dining room at around 11.25am.
- Steven Hutcherson, 36, of the Bronx, reportedly expressed a desire to harm white people before stabbing the girls
Two teenage girls on holiday from South America have been stabbed while eating in the Grand Central Terminal dining room.
The girls, aged 14 and 16, were touring the city with their parents when they were suddenly attacked.
The stabbing happened around 11.25am on Christmas Day, when the family had stopped for an early lunch.
The suspect, identified as 36-year-old Steven Hutcherson of the Bronx, allegedly told the girls, “I want all the white people dead.”
Hutcherson allegedly got into an argument with Tartinery staff, who told him he couldn't sit in the restaurant's seating area.
Two teenage girls on vacation from South America were stabbed while eating in the Grand Central Terminal dining room (file photo)
When he complained that the two victims were allowed to sit there, he reportedly pulled out a knife and stabbed them both.
Hutcherson was arrested within a minute when MTA police rushed in from their nearby posts.
One of the girls was stabbed in the thigh, while the other was stabbed in the back, damaging her lung.
Both victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Hutcherson has an extensive criminal record and has been charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child.
Hutcherson allegedly got into an argument with Tartinery staff, pictured, who told him he couldn't sit in the restaurant's area (file photo)
He is known as an emotionally disturbed person with an arrest record from both the MTA Police and the NYPD.
In his most recent brush with the law, Hutcherson was arrested twice in the past six months for intimidating people while brandishing a gun in the Bronx.
He pleaded guilty to his November 7 and July 24 gun possession arrests.
For taking office in July, he was given a 15-day prison sentence, while in November he was given a conditional discharge, along with a temporary restraining order against his victim.