NEW YORK
\nTwo female employees were stabbed inside New York\u2019s prestigious Museum of Modern Art on Saturday, allegedly by an angry patron, police said, causing the museum to be evacuated.
\nThe women were injured \u201cin the back, in the collarbone, in the back of the neck\u201d but are both \u201cgoing to be ok,\u201d said John Miller, New York police department deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism.
\nThe suspect, who had not been arrested as of late Saturday afternoon, was known to police as a regular visitor to MoMA, whose membership card had been expired after \u201ctwo incidents involving disorderly conduct\u201d in recent days, Miller said.
\nOn Saturday, when the man was refused entry, \u201che became upset… then jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to attack and stab two employees of the museum multiple times,\u201d Miller added.
\nThe two were rushed to the hospital following the attack, which occurred around 4:15 pm (2115 GMT).
\nOfficers put up a police cordon, and the museum remained closed for Saturday.
\nMultiple news outlets, as well as social media posts, showed images of people standing outside the museum, a popular tourist destination, after being evacuated.
\nMoMA includes artwork by artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Frida Kahlo, to name a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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