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Man Slashed in Neck at Nubian Square MBTA Station

Sparse public details from an active transit police probe point to unresolved safety questions on MBTA property.

Overview

  • The victim approached a transit officer at Nubian Square Station in Roxbury around 8 p.m. Friday after being slashed in the neck.
  • Transit police say a verbal dispute between two men led to the attack with an unknown object.
  • Officers gave first aid before EMS took the man to a hospital for a serious neck wound.
  • The assailant fled the station and has not been identified.
  • Officials have not released a weapon description or motive, and the station serves the Silver Line and several bus routes.