A man stabs several people in a violent attack in New York; Two died and one was seriously injured.

A man committed a series stabbing in a strip of manhattan On Monday morning, two people were killed and a third seriously injured, without a word to their victims, authorities said.

He SuspiciousOfficials said the 51-year-old man had blood on his clothes and was carrying two kitchen knives, after which he was placed in police custody. The names of the suspects and victims were not immediately released.

“Three New Yorkers. “The unprovoked attacks forced us to seek answers to how something like this could happen,” the mayor said. eric adams In a press conference. He described the violence as a “clear, glaring example” of failures in the criminal justice system and elsewhere.

The suspect, apparently a homeless man, was sentenced in a criminal case a few months ago, the Democratic mayor said, without giving further details.

Investigators were working to understand what led to the attack, which occurred over a period of 2 1/2 hours.

“No words were exchanged. No property theft. Justice Department chief of detectives Joseph Kenney said, “Just attacked, brutally.” new york police

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The first stabbing, on West 19th Street, killed a 26-year-old construction worker who was standing near his workplace near the Hudson River shortly before 8:30 a.m.

Two hours later and on the other side of the island manhattanA 68-year-old man was attacked while fishing in the East River near East 30th Street, killing both men, Kenny said.

The suspect then apparently traveled north near the river bank. At about 10:55 a.m., a 36-year-old woman was Stabbed multiple times near UN headquarters on East 42nd Street, Kenny said. He is admitted to the hospital in serious condition.

A passing taxi driver witnessed the third attack and alerted police at nearby First Avenue and East 46th Street, authorities said. An officer soon arrested the suspect.

With information from AP