Man stabbed in back by stranger in NYC subway — second this month

A man was stabbed in the back by a stranger while waiting for a subway on NYC’s Upper West Side — the second person attacked from behind with a blade in the city’s subway system this month, police said Saturday.

The 23-year-old was on the northbound No. 1 platform at 96th and Broadway around 7 p.m. Friday when he had an argument with another rider, according to police sources.

The assailant then plunged the blade into his back, cops said.

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