Metro

Man slashes woman’s throat in random attack near the Cloisters

A 40-year-old woman was randomly slashed in the neck by a stranger in a Manhattan park Monday, police said.

The victim, who’s from the Bronx, was walking on a trail at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights around 5:40 p.m. when she was knifed twice, cops said.

The man walked up behind her, put his hand over her mouth and slashed her throat, according to cops. Her jaw was also sliced.

She was taken to Saint Luke’s Hospital in stable condition.

The attacker is described as a heavyset man standing 5 feet 8 and wearing a red hat and dark pants, cops said.

No arrests have been made.