Shocking video captured the moment a serial offender pulled out a massive knife and stabbed a passing tourist near Times Square in a horrifying unprovoked attack.
Video of Saturday evening’s attack shows the man using a walker to exit a deli on West 43rd and Eighth Avenue and loitering outside the storefront before lunging at an unsuspecting woman on the sidewalk.
The attacker can be seen in the clip wearing a bright yellow sweatshirt under a dark jacket and an orange hat leaving a store and sitting outside on his walker.
Two women can be seen walking toward him when he suddenly jumps up from his seat and reveals a large knife.
Footage shows the suspect shuffling forward and stabbing one of the women across the chest.
The two women can then be seen backing away from the man, who returns to his seat outside the storefront with the knife on display on his lap.
About two minutes later, footage shows two police officers approaching the man, getting him to drop the knife, and placing him in handcuffs.
The suspected attacker, Cyril Destin, 62, has been arrested 14 times in the past 20 years, largely for criminal mischief and trespassing — including four arrests since 2019, police sources told The Post.
Destin was taken to Bellevue, where he remained Sunday morning.
Charges against him are pending.
The victim, a 46-year-old woman, was also taken to Bellevue where she was treated for a stab wound to the chest.
She was in stable condition on Saturday.
