2 women slashed in face in separate attacks in Manhattan

NEW YORK — Two women were slashed in the face Friday on New York City’s Lower East Side, located in the borough of Manhattan, CBS New York reports. Police sources said they were separate, random attacks.

In the first incident, a 60-year-old woman was slashed shortly before 2 p.m. at Rivington and Suffolk streets. She had to have 10 stitches.

A few minutes later, a 57-year-old woman was slashed just a few blocks away. She had to have surgery for nerve damage to her face.

Police sources said a 30-year-old man was in custody Friday night.

There was no word on a motive.