"Violent Attack: LIRR Passenger Slashed in Face on Queens Train"

An LIRR rider was slashed in the face on a train in Queens in a horrifying attack, which was caught on video. The incident occurred when a 27-year-old man tried to board a Long Island Rail Road train and was confronted by a 32-year-old male suspect. The suspect repeatedly assaulted and slashed the victim with a box cutter, even using his own sneaker as a weapon, before being taken into custody. The victim was hospitalized, and the MTA condemned the attack, emphasizing that weapons have no place on trains. This comes after a separate violent incident on the subway where a man pulled out a gun, resulting in him being shot in self-defense.