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Police search for L.E.S. slashing suspect

According to police, on Sat., Jan. 31, at 1:25 p.m., a 30-year-old woman was inside a residential building near the intersection of

Police released a sketch of the slashing suspect sought in the Jan. 31 attack on the Lower East Side.
Police released a sketch of the slashing suspect sought in the Jan. 31 attack on the Lower East Side.

Jefferson and Madison Sts. when she was approached by a man who, unprovoked, cut her on the right side of her face with an unknown sharp object.

The woman yelled and the attacker fled the location. The victim was transported to Beth Israel Hospital where she was treated and released.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the New York Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or texting tips to 274637(CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are kept strictly confidential.