Five people were wounded in a series of Midtown slashings and stabbings during a bloody three-hour span early Tuesday, cops said.
Port Authority police arrested a suspect in one of the slashings and were trying to determine if he was responsible for any of the others, a police source said.
The bloodshed began about 12:20 a.m. at W. 42nd St. and Sixth Ave. when a 41-year-old man was stabbed in the face and hand during a fight with three people outside Bryant Park, cops said.
Medics took the victim to Bellevue Hospital, where he is expected to recover. The three men who attacked him fled the scene in a yellow cab, cops said.
Just 10 minutes later, two men were slashed multiple times in a brawl with two men on W. 46th St. near Eighth Ave., about six blocks from the first attack.
One victim, age 32, suffered cuts to his stomach and arm. His 36-year-old companion was slashed in the right arm. Both were taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries.
Just after 3 a.m., a man dressed in a yellow Superman shirt attacked a 50-year-old man at the Port Authority Bus Terminal at W. 40th St. and Eighth Ave.
The attacker, who was wearing a blue surgical mask, slashed his victim in the face before running off, cops said.
The wounded man was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
About the same time, another 41-year-old man was slashed in the subway underneath the bus terminal.
Port Authority police officers grabbed Luis Rosas, 41, in connection with one of the two bus terminal attacks.
Investigators believe Rosas committed another slashing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal about 9 p.m. on Monday and were investigating if he was responsible for any of the other incidents in the three-hour span Tuesday.
Charges against Rosas were pending Tuesday.
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