India, Jan. 29 -- A 46-year-old straphanger was repeatedly slashed in a random and unprovoked attack on a Manhattan subway train Tuesday morning, January 28. The suspect, Angel Alvarado, 54, approached the victim who was riding a southbound No. 2 at West 96th Street and Broadway around 4:30 am. Alvarado allegedly pulled out a knife and began attacking the man.

Alvarado, of Harlem, was busted at the scene by NYPD officers, and charged with first- and second-degree assault, as well as criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said, according to New York Post. A knife was found at the scene,

Alvarado was arrested for criminal mischief in August of 2019. In June 2016, he was also busted for petit larceny. Authorities nabbed him in connec...