What was a French tourist even doing in Harlem?
If he wanted to go on an African safari adventure, he could have just hopped on the next bus to Paris.
A 27-year-old French tourist is in a hospital in New York after having his neck randomly slashed as he was strolling with his girlfriend.
The couple had just emerged from an IHOP on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and 135th St in Harlem, when a man took out a knife and slashed the tourist’s neck and face.
Terrifying video from immediately after the attack shows the young man bleeding heavily and kneeling on the ground as a first responder attempts to stop the blood.
NYPD is seeking assistance in identifying the attacker who was picked up on CCTV footage and is described as a black male in his 20s wearing all black and white Air Jordan sneakers.
Witnesses described the attack as completely random and unprovoked, saying that the attacker walked up side-by-side with the tourist and looked him in the eye before pulling out his knife.
The attacker then fled the scene.
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He was rushed to Harlem Hospital and is said to be in a critical but stable condition.
The cell phone footage from the scene shows emergency services holding a piece of cloth to the man’s neck in an attempt to stop blood loss as his concerned girlfriend also tries to help.
The victim is awake and alert and can be seen interacting with the officers helping him.
No arrest has yet been made and the search for the attacker is ongoing.