A 23-year-old man was slashed in the face and back and robbed of his backpack by two unidentified attackers in front of 890 East 6 Street in Manhattan's East Village, with the incident reported at approximately 8:30 p.m. on October 18. The victim was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, where he was listed in stable condition, and police are now asking the public for help identifying the pair responsible.
According to a wanted notice posted by NYPD Crime Stoppers
, the two individuals approached the victim outside the East 6th Street address before one of them displayed a sharp object and slashed him on the left side of his face and back. The assailants then forcibly removed the victim's backpack, which contained multiple miscellaneous items, and fled on foot to parts unknown, the notice states. EMS transported the victim to Bellevue following the attack, where he was reported in stable condition.
NYPD Crime Stoppers is asking anyone with information to send a direct message to @nypdtips or call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The agency says a tip that leads to an arrest and indictment could qualify for a reward of up to $3,500.
A String of Recent East Village Attacks
The October 18 slashing is one of several violent robberies reported in the East Village and nearby Lower East Side in recent months, though the incidents are separate reports and nothing ties them together as connected crimes. In one case, a man was robbed outside Josie's Bar near Avenue A at around 3:20 a.m. on a Tuesday, when two people allegedly struck him with a gun and took his watch, passport, and an unknown amount of cash, the robbers escaping in a white car, per the same account from Hoodline's earlier coverage of the East Village pistol-whipping case. That victim was also taken to Bellevue Hospital and listed in stable condition.
Separately, three men ages 19, 21 and 26 were stabbed during a robbery near Delancey Street and Bowery at around 1:15 a.m. on a Wednesday, according to ABC7 New York. All three victims were taken to Bellevue in stable condition. Another report from ABC7 New York described a 30-year-old man who suffered lacerations to his face and back while walking on East 6th Street near Cooper Square with headphones on, around 4:30 p.m.
Robbery Numbers Down, But Concerns Persist
Despite the string of violent incidents, precinct-level data suggests robberies overall are down this year. A NYPD 9th Precinct CompStat report covering September 21 through 27 listed 58 year-to-date robberies in 2026, compared with 92 for the same period in 2025, a 37.0 percent decrease, the report notes. The NYPD cautions that CompStat figures are preliminary and subject to further analysis and revision.
The NYPD says its crime statistics, broken down by borough and precinct, are updated weekly. For now, the suspects in the October 18 slashing remain unidentified, and no arrests have been announced in connection with the case.
