A crazed man with 23 prior busts stabbed a Queens fruit vendor multiple times after he confronted him for sleeping next to his stand Sunday evening, cops and sources said.
Niser Cekic, 47, was snoozing on the ground near a fruit stand set up at 59th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Sunnyside around 5:45 p.m. when the worker – a 35-year-old man – woke him up, authorities and sources said.
Cekic then flew into a rage, stabbing the worker multiple times all over his body, cops said.
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The injured man was taken to the Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was listed in stable condition.
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The knife was recovered at the scene, police said.
Officers caught up to Cekic, who was waiting for an MTA bus nearby, sources said.