6 injured in knife attack at New York City’s Penn Station

Six people were injured in a knife attack at New York City’s Penn Station on Sunday, authorities said.

The city’s fire department said it received a call about someone stabbing multiple people at the major intercity railroad station in midtown just after 7 p.m.

One person had serious injuries, and other injuries ranged from minor to moderate, the fire department said. Those people were taken to Bellevue Hospital, while a sixth person with a minor injury was taken to Cornell Hospital, it said.

An Amtrak spokesperson said that five people were slashed but that all patients were stable. A knife was recovered at the scene, the spokesperson said.

Amtrak police took a person believed to have mental health issues into custody, a senior law enforcement official said, adding that there are no preliminary signs the attack was related to terrorism.

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