New York police arrest suspect after two killed and one wounded in knife attacks

Two men, 36 and 68, killed and woman critically injured in apparently unprovoked stabbings in Manhattan

New York City police have arrested a man who allegedly killed two people and badly wounded a third in an apparently unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan, authorities said.

The attacks began early on Monday morning, when the first victim – a 36-year-old man – was fatally stabbed in the abdomen at 8.20am. The stabbing occurred at a construction site where the victim was working on West 19th Street, the New York police department (NYPD) said.