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Third Stabbing in Times Square: Victim in Stable Condition

1/14/2026

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A 27-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach during a fight at a Times Square McDonald's on Tuesday.
The incident was the third knifing in the Times Square area within a week.
The victim remains in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Two days earlier, another man was stabbed outside Starbucks, and last Wednesday a 30-year-old was slashed by three assailants, according to NYPD data showing 23 felony assaults in Midtown South precinct.

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A 27-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach during a fight at a Times Square McDonald's on Tuesday.
The incident was the third knifing in the Times Square area within a week.
The victim remains in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Two days earlier, another man was stabbed outside Starbucks, and last Wednesday a 30-year-old was slashed by three assailants, according to NYPD data showing 23 felony assaults in Midtown South precinct.