Authorities implemented a special operation.
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A subject located as “The Ripper” operating on Subway Line A in Upper Manhattan was arrested by elements of the NYPD.
“His shoes were still splattered with the blood of his victims when he was arrested, and he was still in possession of the bloody knife,” a source told The New York Post.
The identity of the suspect has not been revealed, but he would be charged with having killed at least two homeless people, Plus two with wounds.
The capture happened Saturday afternoon, after nearly two days of assaults that began Friday morning, when he attacked a 67-year-old man as he pushed his walker down the platform heading south at 181st Street Station. in Washington Heights.
The assaults forced the NYPD commissioner, Karité Dermot, to increase surveillance on the Subway, deploying more than 500 police officers.
One of the attacks was described by the victims, who heard: “I’m going to kill you!”. The result was two wounds, one in the right glute and another in the wound on the same side.
The fatalities were found with wounds to the neck and torso. A 44-year-old woman was found on a pool of blood on an A train at 207th Street Station in Inwood, the Publication.