Almost 100 stitches will be needed for a Filipino after he was slashed by another passenger on the New York City Subway Wednesday morning.
Noel Quintana, 61, who is based in New York, said the assailant was reportedly kicking his backpack during the train ride and when he confronted him to stop, the man attacked him and slashed his face with a box cutter.
According to a report from ABC7, the assailant ran away when the train stopped at First Avenue and 14th Street.
The report said no one came to the Filipino's assistance.
Quintana was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment and is now in a stable condition, it added.
Authorities are now searching for the suspect, who was seen wearing a black mask with a Louis Vuitton logo and a black North Face coat, the report said.
Last year, Quintana was also reported to have been mugged when he alighted from the subway's Manhattan station.