A shocking video is making rounds on social media, where a woman tourist can be seen being attacked by an offender near Times Square in New York. According to the New York Post, 62-year-old Cyril Destin, with a history of crimes, stabbed a woman on a busy New York sidewalk.

VIDEO: Homeless man stabs tourist in full public view in New York

Award-winning novelist Sir Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed last year at an event in New York, is all set to release his new novel 'Victoria City', an epic tale of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city, on Tuesday.

Salman Rushdie speaks for the first time about fatal New York knife attack ahead of 'Victory City' release

The suspect involved in the knife attack at a Hanukkah party in New York denied all charges after appearing in court on Sunday. Grafton Thomas, the alleged suspect, had entered a house in Monsey, Rockland County on Saturday in New York and stabbed several people.

New York Hanukkah party attacker produced in court; denies charges