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MTA worker attacked with hammer inside dispatch room at Chelsea station

MTA worker attacked with hammer
MTA worker attacked with hammer 00:26

NEW YORK - Police say an MTA employee was attacked with a hammer overnight at a subway station in Manhattan. 

It happened shortly before 2 a.m. inside a station at 14th Street and 8th Avenue in Chelsea. 

Police said the suspect entered the station's train dispatch room and confronted a 51-year-old assistant dispatcher. 

He allegedly stole the worker's bag, then grabbed a hammer that was in the room and struck the victim in the head. 

Police arrested the suspect, and the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. 

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