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On 2026-04-12, New York officials confirmed that a man who stabbed three people with a machete-style knife at Grand Central subway station was shot and killed by a police officer. The attack briefly disrupted one of Manhattan’s busiest transit hubs and renewed worries about violent crime on New York’s subway system. Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly condemned the assault as details emerged about the suspect and the injured victims.