Man freed after two recent stabbing arrests knifes man in Times Square subway station after they fall onto tracks

Freed after two recent stabbing arrests, a man knifed a straphanger in the Times Square subway station after falling onto the tracks with him during a struggle, police said Thursday.

Bernardo Carbajal got into an argument with the 52-year-old victim, believed to be a stranger, on the N train subway platform about 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to cops.

Carabajal, 27, charged the victim with a knife and the two men wrestled, plunging onto the tracks, authorities said.

After their fall, Carabajal allegedly stabbed Carter eight times, wounding him in the back, arm and neck and leaving him on the tracks. Cops found the victim motionless there in a pool of blood. Neither man was not struck by a train.

Responding cops used a tourniquet on the victim’s arm before medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, where he underwent surgery on his arm.

His sister, Shanika Carter, said the knife struck an artery, causing him to lose a lot of blood but that doctors believe he will recover.

“I’m in shock, still,” she said. “I just want to make sure he’s ok.”

Her brother was sedated and receiving blood transfusions Thursday.

Carbajal was arrested and charged with attempted murder and assault. He lives in Woodside, Queens, according to cops.

At the time of Wednesday’s attack he was already facing two pending assault cases charging him with recent stabbings, which his latest victim’s sister was stunned to learn.

“He stabbed two people prior and they let him out,” Shanika Carter said. “And now my brother, he could have died behind this. My brother could have died behind their negligence.”

“I don’t think it’s fair that you want to wait for the third person...in order to say, ‘Let’s lock him up and keep him in now,’” she added.

On July 31 Carbajal allegedly stabbed a stranger inside a Dunkin Donuts in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, during an argument over using an outlet to charge a smartphone. Bail was set at $5,000 but even though records indicate it was not posted Carabal was released at some point.

Then, on Nov. 9, he allegedly stabbed in the head a kitchen worker in a lower Manhattan restaurant and ran off, with police catching him on the roof. He was charged with felony assault, and a prosecutor asked for $50,000 bail. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Lumarie Maldonado-Cruz, however, let him go on supervised release.

When he was arraigned Thursday in Manhattan Criminal Court, Judge Michael Gaffey set cash bail at $100,000 and bond at $300,000. Carbajal was not immediately able to make bail.