Woman slashes man on train headed for Queens in latest random attack

A homeless woman slashed a random straphanger early Saturday in an unprovoked attack aboard a Queens-bound F train, the latest in a surge of subterranean assaults, police said.

“You’re a demon and your sons are going to burn to death!” the 51-year-old woman raged before slicing the stunned victim across the stomach with some kind of blade — possibly a pair of scissors — shortly before 6 a.m., according to police.

The attacker was behaving erratically before suddenly lunging at her target as the train headed from Lexington Ave. to the Roosevelt Island station, where cops arrested the woman after she and the victim exited the train, police said.

The attack marked the most recent in a spate of underground attacks, with felony assaults for the year up 28.9% through Dec. 5, according to the latest numbers from NYPD Transit.

“It’s a little scary,” said a 39-year-old straphanger at the typically placid station a few hours later. “I know a lot of it is mental health related. I don’t know if the person who went berserk was in that category, but there’s too many crazies out here right now in my opinion.”

The suspect was taken into custody without incident on charges of assault, menacing, disorderly conduct and harassment, and transported to Elmhurst Hospital Center for a psychological evaluation.

Police said the attacker, identified only as Jane Doe, carried no identification and became combative with cops once in custody.

The victim, identified as Joseph Coronel, 32, of Queens, was taken to the same hospital for treatment and was expected to recover. His sister told the Daily News she knew few details of the bizarre attack.

“I thought he may have been partying, drinking, and got jumped,” said sibling Monse Coronel hours after the attack. “I don’t really know what happened to him . ... Hopefully he’s in stable condition.”

One week ago, a gunman shot and wounded two rivals during a clash on a Harlem train platform. And last month, a sleeping man was fatally stabbed on a train pulling into Penn Station.

“Of course it’s very concerning,” said Roosevelt Island resident Laura Hussey, 75. “It’s pretty safe here, and I’m not saying it’s due to homelessness. [But] we have a lot more homeless people in the station than we used to have. You’ve got more general problems with mental illness.”

MTA spokeswoman Kayla Shults issued a statement calling for a larger NYPD presence on the subway system.

“This unprovoked attack is deeply disturbing, and another reminder of why we’ve asked the NYPD to add visible officers on trains and platforms so New Yorkers feel safer while riding the subway,” she said. “We’re also asking the city to send mental health professionals into the transit system to address instances with people who pose a threat to themselves or other riders.”