NEW YORK (AP) — A man fatally stabbed three people across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, carrying out a series of random attacks without uttering a word to his victims, officials said.

A lone, knife-wielding assailant killed two men and critically wounded a woman during an hourslong stabbing spree Monday morning through the streets of New York City, authorities said.The two slain men — attacked near 444 W.

The 51-year-old suspect, identified as Ramon Rivera, was charged with three counts first-degree murder as a serial killer after being taken into police custody.