2 court security officers stabbed at criminal courthouse in Manhattan

Two court security officers were stabbed while screening people at the metal detectors at the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Monday morning, according to a state courts spokesperson.

One court officer was slashed in the face and the other was slashed in the neck, according to law enforcement sources. Both were taken to a local hospital in stable condition, sources said.

“Several Court Officers immediately rushed to stop the assailant, subduing him near a bank of magnetometers, disarming him, and taking him into custody,” state courts spokesperson Al Baker said in a statement.

Baker described the incident, which was caught on surveillance video, as an apparent “targeted attack.”

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