The toll could have been heavy.

Two women were stabbed Saturday inside the MoMA, the prestigious museum of modern and contemporary art in New York, which was evacuated, said several sources including the police.

The two women, injured "in the back, collarbone and neck", were immediately hospitalized and "we were told that they would be fine", indicated on the spot the assistant commissioner for intelligence and anti-terrorism of New York City Police (NYPD), John Miller.

The suspect was refused entry before the attack

The museum, one of the most visited in New York, located in Midtown Manhattan, was evacuated after the incident, which took place around 4:15 p.m. (10:15 p.m. in Paris).

The police set up a security cordon and the museum closed.

The suspect, who had not been arrested late Saturday afternoon, was introduced by police as a regular visitor, whose MoMA membership card had just expired because he had caused two incidents. these last days” in the museum.

On Saturday, when he was refused entry, "he got angry (...) jumped over the reception desk and attacked and stabbed two museum employees several times", described John Miller.

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