Suspect in fatal West Village park stabbing wanted in other attacks: NYPD

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The man wanted for fatally stabbing an unhoused victim July 5 is wanted in at least two other similar attacks, police said Monday.

The second attacks took place July 8 and Monday, police said.

In the July 8 incident, the suspect stabbed a 59-year-old man who was lying on a bench near Madison Avenue and East 49th Street in Midtown at about 10 p.m. That victim, who was stabbed in the abdomen, was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition.

Monday, the same suspect attacked a woman, 28, who was lying inside of the Upper East Side's Stanley Isaac Playground. She was also stabbed in the abdomen and listed in stable condition at a hospital.

Police did not specify if the two most recent victims are also homeless.

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