NYC stabbings: Suspect arrested

New York, Feb. 15: A 21year-old Brooklyn man was arrested in the fatal stabbings of two people on New York City subway trains, police said Sunday.

Rigoberto Lopez was taken into custody Saturday night and was formally arrested Sunday on charges of murder and attempted murder, police said. One of the victims was discovered dead on a train in Queens late Friday with several stab wounds to his neck and torso, police said.

Two hours later, a 44year-old woman was found stabbed to death in a subway car in upper Manhattan. Two nonfatal attacks — one involving a

67-year-old man and the other involving a 43-yearold man — also occurred in upper Manhattan.

Authorities believe all four victims were homeless. Police said they believe Lopez may have

Police said they believe Lopez may have committed all of the attacks. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney who could speak for him. Police leaders said they would deploy an additional 500 officers into the subway system to guard against future assaults.

● committed all of the attacks. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney who could speak for him. Police leaders said they would deploy an additional 500 officers into the subway system to guard against future assaults.

"To the victims, to the victims' families, we are 100% committed to getting justice … to bring closure to the families of this terrible incident," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Saturday.

Resumption of business activity close to the prepandemic level and positive global cues, macro data and earnings season triggered more than one per cent gains for market benchmarks Sensex and

Nifty-50.

The Sensex crossed 52000 for the first time, closing with 610 points, or 1.18 per cent, higher at 52154.13. The Nifty-50 closed at

15314.70, up 151.40 points, or 1 per cent.

"The Nomura India Business Resumption Index picked up to 98.1 (provisional) for the week ending 14 February from 95.9 the preceding week, which suggests business activity is now only around 2 points below pre-pandemic levels, said the Japanese brokerage. Inflation and IIP data released last week were also encouraging for the market.

"After a brief pause last week, the market resumed upward momentum on the back of global optimism and encouraging macro numbers. Monday’s move was mainly propelled by the financial space as the top seven contributors in Nifty were from this space only," an analyst said.

Even in the Sensex pack top nine gainers were from the financial space.

The Nifty Bank Index gained 3.32 per cent. The top gainers included Axis Bank (6.21 per cent) and ICICI Bank (4.17 per cent).

Realty, Telecom and Healthcare stocks also made sound gains.

Foreign portfolio investors were net buyers of equities by Rs 1,234.15 crore while the domestic institutions were net sellers by Rs 1,048.55 crore.