A rash of killings on the city subway system this year — which stands at 10 murders as 2024 draws to a close — matches a 25-year high set in 2022 , authorities said.
The grim milestone came as an illegal migrant allegedly burned a sleeping woman to death aboard a Brooklyn train as part of a violent weekend in the Big Apple transit system.
On Sunday a brute senselessly slugged a 76-year-old woman in the head, causing her to fall to the ground, on the southbound No. 6 train platform at 51st Street around 4:30 p.m., cops said.
The senior was hospitalized in stable condition as cops released images of the attacker, seen on the platform wearing a white winter hat with a gray pom-pom at the top.
Hours later, a menace punched a 27-year-old straphanger in the back of the head in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack around 10 p.m. Sunday on the northbound 6 train platform at Bleecker Street, cops and sources said.