A woman was slashed Wednesday night on the subway in Lower Manhattan. Police say it was the second knife attack in the subway in two days.They come as the latest crime statistics released by the NYPD on Wednesday show a 7.

In this FOX 5 NY News Block, a male suspect is wanted by police after a woman was slashed with a knife on a subway train in Lower Manhattan. This incident is the second time a woman has been attacked with a knife at a New York subway station this week.

The back-to-back violence comes as police scale down the number of cops underground from 300 overnight patrols to 200, officials said.