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Friend claims maniac Grand Central slasher only kept machete for protection: report

Nypost · · 330 words · By David DeTurris
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Friend claims maniac Grand Central slasher only kept machete for protection: report See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Friend claims maniac Grand Central slasher only kept machete for protection: report See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA maniac who slashed three elderly straphangers at Grand Central Terminal before he was shot dead by cops only kept his machete as protection, his friend claimed.

Common ground

Family friend Deborah Brown refused to believe deranged attacker Anthony Griffin could have committed the crime — even though she admitted he suffered from mental health issues and carried a machete around with him, she said.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/12/us-news/friend-claims-maniac-grand-central-slasher…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 95% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He also slashed slashing a 70-year-old woman’s shoulder, police said.”
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The provided evidence confirms multiple victims were targeted, but does not explicitly mention the 70-year-old woman's shoulder in the snippets provided.
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Claim 2: “Griffin’s attack left deep cuts to an 85-year-old man and a 65-year-old man, cops said.”
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Two sources mention the victims' ages; one specifically cites an 84-year-old and a 65-year-old man being slashed around the head and face.
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web search NEUTRAL — 28-year-old, Enamullah O, had a history of violent attacks, and was in Germany despite having an order to leave the country. Local police said there was no evidence of the man’s radical views so far. …
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Claim 3: “The NYPD said that Griffin was shot and killed by cops after he attacked three people on an uptown 4, 5, 6 subway platform around 9:50 a.m. Saturday morning and refused to comply with orders to drop his machete.”
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While the event of the shooting is corroborated, the specific details (9:50 a.m., Saturday, uptown 4, 5, 6 platform) are not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, although the general event is confirmed.
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Claim 4: “she admitted he suffered from mental health issues and carried a machete around with him”
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Two independent sources confirm that Deborah Brown admitted Griffin had mental health issues and carried a machete for protection.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alleged subway slasher Anthony Griffin kept a machete on him for protection, family friend Deborah Brown said.But she also admitted that Griffin kept a machete on him for protection and had recently b…
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web search NEUTRAL — The attacker, identified as Anthony Griffin, reportedly carried the weapon for self-defense, according to a family friend.Despite acknowledging Griffin’s struggles with mental health and his habit of …
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities say a man armed with a machete carried out the violent assault, targeting multiple victims in a matter of minutes. The suspect allegedly slashed an 84-year-old man and a 65-year-old man ar…
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Claim 5: “Griffin was a rapper who used the name “Fox 5,” neighbors told The Post.”
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The web search results for 'Neighbors' returned information about a TV series and general definitions, providing no evidence regarding Anthony Griffin's alleged rap name 'Fox 5'.
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Claim 6: “A maniac who slashed three elderly straphangers at Grand Central Terminal before he was shot dead by cops”
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Multiple web search results confirm that a man named Anthony Griffin attacked people with a machete at Grand Central Terminal and was fatally shot by police. One source specifically mentions the victims were an 84-year-old and 65-year-old man.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens we…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2020 · The name became regularly used in the Christian world due to the fame of Saint Anthony the Great, a 4th-century Egyptian hermit who founded Christian monasticism. Its popularity was rei…
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Claim 7: “Family friend Deborah Brown refused to believe deranged attacker Anthony Griffin could have committed the crime”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that family friend Deborah Brown insisted on seeing evidence or refused to believe Anthony Griffin committed the crime.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Book of Judges, Deborah (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Dəḇōrā) was a prophetess of Judaism, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 15, 2024 · Deborah was the wife of Lappidoth and possibly a mother. Although some theologians think that when she’s called “a mother in Israel” (Judges 5:7) it’s describing her as a godly matriarc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 11, 2025 · Deborah is one of the most influential women in the Bible. She is mainly known as a prophetess and a judge in Israel. Her story is primarily found in the Book of Judges, specifically in…
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