NEW YORK: Six people were wounded Sunday in a stabbing at New York&#39;s Penn Station, the city&#39;s mayor said, as the metropolitan area geared up to host two major sporting events, the NBA Finals and football&#39;s World Cup. A suspect was detained, and the victims, including one with serious injuries, were transported to a hospital, according to the New York Fire Department. Fire Department officials initially reported five wounded, but Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on X that, &quot;based on the information available right now, six people were stabbed and the alleged perpetrator is in custody.&quot; Circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear, but city comptroller Mark Levine said on X that the suspect is &quot;said to be an emotionally disturbed homeless person.&quot;<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 369px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2063806294923047038&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Fdashboard%2F&sessionId=f2ef68151656ae72c8694912ec953c62b579e0d5&theme=light&widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&width=550px"></iframe></div></div> All victims are expected to survive, he added. A photographer at the scene afterward saw gauze, medical gloves and blood on the floor near tracks 5 and 6, where police cordoned off the area. State Governor Kathy Hochul described the attack as &quot;an act of horrific violence.&quot; &quot;New Yorkers deserve to feel safe wherever they go, and we will never stop working to make that a reality,&quot; she said in a statement. Major sporting events The incident occurred at one of the nation&#39;s busiest rail and subway transportation centers as the city prepares for two huge sporting spectacles in the coming week: basketball&#39;s NBA Finals and football&#39;s World Cup tournament. Madison Square Garden, located directly above Penn Station in downtown Manhattan, will host games three and four of the NBA Finals on Monday and Wednesday between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. MetLife Stadium, outside the city in neighboring New Jersey state, will host its first match of the World Cup on Saturday. US President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend Monday&#39;s NBA game at Madison Square Garden, saying recently that he accepted an invitation from Knicks owner James Dolan. Security has been enhanced in the city ahead of the two events. New York&#39;s official emergency notification system did not describe the incident but said people should avoid the area and &quot;expect traffic delays, road closures, mass transit disruptions &amp; emergency personnel near Penn Station.&quot; Before the stabbing, New York officials had already cancelled an outdoor watch party set for Monday outside the Garden. Thousands of spectators descended onto the streets outside the venue on Friday for a game two watch party. New York authorities said a police officer was assaulted and 26 people were arrested as some fans turned rowdy.

Americas

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirms that six people are wounded in a stabbing incident at the city's Penn Station; the fire department says one suspect is detained, while one of the victims has serious injuries.

Stabbing wounds six at New York's Penn Station

BERLIN: The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found with life-threatening wounds on Tuesday, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of &ldquo;an abhorrent act.&rdquo; Iris Stalzer was elected as mayor of Herdecke on Sept. 28. She is a member of the center-left Social Democrats, the junior party in Germany&rsquo;s conservative-led national government. Stalzer was found at her home with life-threatening wounds shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, police and prosecutors said in a statement. She was taken to a hospital by helicopter. They didn&rsquo;t comment on the nature of the wounds, but the leader of the Social Democrats&rsquo; parliamentary group in Berlin, Matthias Miersch, told reporters that &ldquo;we heard a few minutes ago that newly elected Mayor Iris Stalzer was stabbed in Herdecke.&rdquo; Merz wrote on social media that &ldquo;we fear for the life of Mayor-elect Iris Stalzer and hope for her full recovery.&rdquo; The statement from investigators said that they are &ldquo;investigating in all directions&rdquo; and that &ldquo;a family background also cannot be ruled out at present.&rdquo; Stalzer, who beat a candidate from Merz&#39;s center-right Christian Democrats in a runoff vote to win election, is due to take office on Nov. 1. Herdecke is a town of about 23,000 people in western Germany&#39;s Ruhr region, between the cities of Hagen and Dortmund. Stalzer&#39;s website says she is 57 and married with two teenage children. It says she has spent almost her whole life in Herdecke and has worked as a lawyer specializing in labor law.

Europe

Newly elected Herdecke mayor Iris Stalzer was found with life-threatening stab wounds at her home in western Germany. Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned the attack as “abhorrent,” as police investigate possible motives, including family involvement

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Stabbing wounds six at New York's Penn Station

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Stabbing wounds six at New York's Penn Station