Knifeman calling himself 'Lucifer' slashes three at NYC's Grand Central

Knifeman calling himself 'Lucifer' slashes three at NYC's Grand Central7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKwasi Gyamfi AsieduSupplied/NYPDNew York police say they recovered this machete at the sceneA machete-wielding suspect attacked three people at New York City's Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation's biggest rail hub.The suspect slashed an 84-year-old man and a 65-year-old man about the head and face and left a 70-year-old woman with cuts to her shoulder in the subway platform attack.Police said the assailant, 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, ignored repeated demands to drop the weapon and called himself Lucifer. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said "innocent people were attacked in a senseless act of violence".EPA"I'm grateful to our brave officers who acted quickly to stop the suspect," she added.New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani also praised officers "for their quick response and for preventing additional violence" in a statement adding that officials would release police body camera footage of the incident.NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a news conference the suspect had entered the subway system on Saturday morning at Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue in the borough of Queens.He boarded the 7 train to Grand Central-42 Street station, where he slashed one person on the platform. The assailant moved upstairs to another platform where he slashed two other people.One was an 84-year-old man, who suffered significant lacerations to the head and face, and the other was a 65-year-old man, who sustained similar injuries, as well as an open skull fracture, said Commissioner Tisch.Two transit officers in the vicinity were alerted at 09:40 EDT (13:40 GMT)."The individual was armed with a large knife, described as a machete, and was behaving erratically, repeatedly stating that he was Lucifer," said Commissioner Tisch....