A 39-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint in New York City's Central Park on Saturday night, and the attacker had not been caught, the New York City Police Department said, in reporting by NBC News. The assault happened near East 66th Street and Fifth Avenue, NBC News reported.
Source: NBC News, via The States Journal
Police said a man approached the woman, displayed a knife and assaulted her. She was taken to a hospital, where she was in stable condition. Police had not released a fuller description beyond the accounts available at publication, no arrests had been made, and the investigation was continuing, according to the reporting.
Other reporting of the NYPD account placed the attack near East 67th Street and Fifth Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday and described the suspect as wearing a black sweatshirt and black pants and carrying a black backpack before he ran from the area. No arrests had been reported as of Saturday night in that account.
Source: New York Post reporting, via InterNewsCast
ABC7 Eyewitness News and CBS News New York also reported the police search on Sunday, saying officers were searching for a suspect after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted at knifepoint near East 66th Street and Fifth Avenue.
Source: ABC7 Eyewitness News
City Council Speaker Julie Menin condemned the attack on X, writing that she was outraged by the act of violence and that every New Yorker deserves to feel safe in the city, according to The States Journal's report of her post.
Anyone with information can call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) in Spanish, according to the reporting. Calls are confidential.
The woman is not named in this report — police had not released her identity. This report will be updated if the NYPD announces an arrest or releases further confirmed details.