Masked teen slashed 29-year-old woman to near death with large kitchen knife on NYC train after she refused to give up bag: prosecutors

Cops arrested a baby-faced teenager for the ruthless slashing of a 29-year-old woman on a lower Manhattan train last week and revealed that the masked stranger nearly killed the victim when he sliced her up with a large kitchen knife after she refused to give up her bag.

Brandon Balfour, 18, was arraigned on attempted murder in the second degree, assault, and robbery charges on Sunday for repeatedly knifing the victim in the violent robbery on a northbound No. 3 train around 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Brandon Balfour, 18, allegedly stabbed a woman multiple times with a large kitchen knife on a northbound 3 train after demanding her bag. DCPI

Before the victim, who is nonverbal and can only communicate by writing, was attacked by the brute, she recalled feeling the masked