By Associated Press - Saturday, June 8, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) - Police are searching for a man who plunged a machete into the shoulder of a Manhattan deli employee during an argument.

The 35-year-old victim was being treated at a hospital after the attack Saturday morning at the Liberty Bagel & Deli on Ninth Avenue in an area locals call Hell’s Kitchen.

Authorities say the attacker dropped the machete and fled.



The name of the victim was not immediately released. Police say he’s in stable condition and his injury is not life-threatening.

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