Two men, 36 and 68, killed and woman critically injured in apparently unprovoked stabbings in Manhattan

New York City police have arrested a man who allegedly killed two people and badly wounded a third in an apparently unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan, authorities said.

The attacks began early on Monday morning, with the first victim – a 36-year-old man – having been fatally stabbed in the abdomen at 8.20am. The stabbing occurred at a construction site where the victim was working on West 19th Street, the New York police department (NYPD) said.