Suspect Arrested in East Village Subway Stabbing in Same Station Where Attack Happened
A 27-year-old male was arrested and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon after stabbing another subway passenger in the back on the evening of Sept. 20.
| 24 Sep 2024 | 04:11
The photo of man, Raymond Kwok who was subsequently arrested after the NYPD released surveillance footage of the suspected wanted for stabbing a passenger in an East Village subway station after the victim accidentally bumped into him. (
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Three days after stabbing a fellow passenger in the back after the victim accidentally bumped into him, a 27-year-old man was back in the same East Village subway station where the inital attack occured on Sept. 20.
Police said they arrested Raymond Kwok on Sept. 23 in the L train subway station at First Ave. and E. 14th St. on Sept. 23 shortly before 5 p.m.
Prosecutors said the defendant “was located a few days after the incident in the same subway station with three knives in his pockets.” He was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, which are considered felony charges.
The intial attack happened on the platform of the Brooklyn-bound L train on Sept. 20 around 8:43 p.m. when the suspect stabbed a 29 year old male in the back after a verbal dispute.
According to the New York Daily News, the victim initially thought he had been punched in the back until a security guard noticed he was bleeding.
He was taken to Bellevue by EMS and received stitches to close the stab wound.
Prosecutors said the suspect did not have a prior record and was freed on bail of either $25,000 cash or a $50,000 bond.
Kwok, who lives a few blocks away from the station on Ave. “C” in Alphabet City, is due back in court on Oct. 31.
Michel S. Djandji, a legal aid attorney assigned to the case, could not be reached at presstime.