{"id":467616,"date":"2025-12-23T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/467616\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T23:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:12:16","slug":"woman-65-bashed-in-head-with-laptop-by-stranger-she-chatted-with-on-manhattan-subway-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/467616\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 65, bashed in head with laptop by stranger she chatted with on Manhattan subway train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 65-year-old woman was bashed repeatedly in the head with a laptop on a Manhattan subway train after she struck up a conversation with her attacker, leaving her hospitalized, cops said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released photos of the suspect on the train in the Dec. 9 attack and asked the public\u2019s help identifying him and tracking him down.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was chatting with the assailant on an uptown W train approaching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Rector+St\/@40.7100236,-74.0195517,2822m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c25a10d8157b99:0xbf4b229b2b81529!8m2!3d40.707973!4d-74.013611!16zL20vMGNsamd6?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3M0gBUAM%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rector St. station<\/a> in the Financial District when he suddenly pulled a laptop from his backpack and bludgeoned her with it multiple times in the head about 10:20 a.m., cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman staggered off the train at the Rector St. stop and medics took her to New York-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyp.org\/lowermanhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presbyterian Hospital Lower Manhattan<\/a>\u00a0in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The NYPD released photos of the suspect on the train in the Dec. 9 attack and asked the public's help identifying him and tracking him down. (NYPD)\" width=\"873\" height=\"1304\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3048-25-Assault-1-Pct_photo2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8644142\" \/>The NYPD released photos of the suspect on the train in the Dec. 9 attack and asked the public&#8217;s help identifying him and tracking him down. (NYPD)<\/p>\n<p>Her attacker got off the train at the Canal St. stop and has not been caught, cops said. He is described as\u00a0heavyset and in his 30s.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. 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