Drunk man armed with a knife attacked 22-year-old boy and inflicted stab wounds to the leg. The incident occurred Saturday evening in the train on long island, new York. Who knows what would have ended the attack, but in defense of the victim rushed several men, dressed in traditional costumes of Santa Claus!
As it turned out, they had previously taken part in the annual SantaCon E.
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— Foodie Films Podcast (@Foodie_Films) December 15, 2019
SantaCon procession of thousands of Santa clauses, resulting in local pubs. The entire year, according to the participants of the festival, Santa leads a respectable lifestyle, but during SantaCon he shows everyone how knows how to have fun.
«Night of chaos», as jokingly called this action, performed in 42 countries and in 311 cities. Participants in SantaCon in Ireland in 2007, even set a world record in the course of which 13 000 Santa Claus virtually destroyed the local stocks of Ales.
Santa ! Santa’s everywhere!#santacon2019 pic.twitter.com/0JHiPoBP0N
— The Holy Grail (@holygrailbanks) December 14, 2019
On the outskirts of Manhattan in the night of Saturday 14 December Santa Claus (Santacon participants) helped to disarm and detain until the police arrived the 45-year-old man, who for unknown reasons attacked with a knife on the 22-year-old passenger of the train.
Matthew Monte, a witness who was in the same carriage of the train, told NBC about an armed man provoked this incident: «he was attacked by a group of people who managed to hold him down until police arrived. But even after that he continued to resist arrest.»
The victim was taken to Elmhurst hospital immediately after the train stop. As reported by Fox News, his injuries not threatening to life. Police did not disclose the identity of the attacker and not said what charges he will be put forward. According to reports, the train was delayed for an hour during the investigation of the incident.
