The dude just swung the knife at me for no apparent reason,” victim Rakeem Tayquon Young said from his hospital bed Sunday.

Rakeem Tayquon Young’s dog, Chanel. (Courtesy Rakeem Tayquon Young) Only three of the four severed fingers were recovered and reattached by surgeons. Cops are still trying to find the attacker.

A Bronx man hospitalized since Friday has had some of his fingers reattached after police say they were sliced off by a machete-wielding man. The victim's family is desperate for the suspect in the ...

A Bronx man had four of his fingers sliced off by a crazed machete-wielding attacker who had threatened to behead the victim’s beloved pooch and maimed the owner instead, he told The Post.

"If he would have sliced my dog’s head off like that ... NY A Bronx man has been hospitalized for days after four of his fingers were sliced off by a machete-wielding man, reports ABC 7 ...

the owner put his hand out to protect the dog, but four of his fingers were cut off. The attacker took off and has not been caught. The dog was not injured.

“He swings the machete, and I went to grab it,” recalled 35-year-old Tayquon Young, the victim who lost four fingers while saving his dog during the attack. NYC woman sends message to her ...

A Bronx man who lost four fingers protecting his beloved pit bull ... Rakeem Tayquon Young, 34, was walking his dog, Chanel, near Southern Blvd. and E. 178th St. in East Tremont about 11:20 ...

Tayquon Young, 34, is recovering at Bellevue Hospital after having four fingers chopped off. Police say at the time of the attack the victim and the suspect each had a dog with them. Their meeting ...