SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, Queens (WABC) — Police are searching for a suspect after two people were stabbed in the Springfield Gardens section of Queens on Wednesday morning.
The stabbing happened just before 7:30 a.m. at 134th Avenue and 161st Street.
A 74-year-old man was stabbed in the lower abdomen and a 41-year-old man was stabbed in the back.
They were both taken to Jamaica Hospital and are expected to survive.
The suspect, a man wearing a black jacket with a green hoodie, black pants, black Adidas sneakers with white stripes and a grey winter mask, fled on foot in an unknown direction.
Police believe the attacker is behind at least two other stabbings in recent days.
Authorities believe the same suspect is responsible for stabbing a 34-year-old woman who was walking home just after midnight on Tuesday near 158th Street & 134th Avenue.
The woman was taken to the hospital and was said to be stable. The victims in the other attacks are not believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.
No arrests have been made and the motive is not yet clear.
Editor’s note: Initial information from police indicated a man and woman were injured, not two men.
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