Friday, May 6, 2011

Tourists' horror as security guard stabbed at McDonald's in centre of Manhattan - 6th May 2011

Tourists watched in horror as a security guard was stabbed outside a McDonald’s in the centre of Manhattan.

The man was knifed in a busy shopping street next to Macy’s department store as he tried to escort a homeless man from the fast-food restaurant.

Dozens of shocked onlookers watched as the guard, in his early 40s, tried to fight off his attacker outside the store at Eighth Avenue and West 34th Street.

The victim was thrown to the ground and stabbed in the leg twice as he tried to fend off the man.

The suspect fled through the heaving streets with the knife, before being captured several blocks away. Read More