Horrible moments yesterday, Monday, December 25th, at the train station Grand Central Terminal in New York: Two teenage tourists from South America were actually stabbed to death by a man they had no connection to. The subject inexplicably rushed towards her with a knife, stabbed her and managed to injure her. At the well-known Midtown Manhattan station, the panic among the customers, some of whom have fled while others are activated to help the girls.
The history
An episode that unsettled us, especially given the manager's later statements. The two teenager, ages 14 and 16, were having lunch with their parents in Grand Central Terminal when they were attacked. The young women had just left the Tartinery Café in the dining room atrium when the attack began shortly before 11:30 a.m. According to ABC reports, the troublemaker stabbed the 16-year-old in the back, depriving him of a lung, and stabbed the 14-year-old in the thigh.
They were moments of real terror, and chaos quickly erupted. Luckily, someone managed to keep a cool head and take matters into their own hands. The two girls were helped immediately while emergency services rushed to the scene. Both were taken to Bellevue Hospital where they received appropriate treatment. Despite their great shock, none of them spoke up Wounds fatal. The person responsible was stopped and did not resist arrest by local police.
Hate crimes?
“They had no idea he was there and he just pulled out a knife and stabbed a girl in the back,” the restaurant manager told NBCnewyork.com. The man arrested is a 36-year-old Steven Hutcherson, a person who, according to the latest information, suffers from psychiatric disorders and has 17 arrests with several precedents for assault. According to the MTA agents who made the arrest, the 36-year-old had an argument with the restaurant staff and then pulled out the knife. Police said they heard him say, “I want all white people to be white.” dead“. The man was arrested for attempted murderas well as assault, criminal possession of a weapon with a prior conviction and endangering the safety of minors.