New York City, April 12 -- In an unprovoked attack, a 44- year old man slashed three people at the Grand Central Station in New York on Saturday morning. He was shot by the police after he did not drop the machete.

Sharing the details of the attack, the New York Post reported, citing police, that he attacked three elderly people with a machete, while calling himself "Lucifer".

As per the New York Post, an 85-year-old man suffered a deep cut across his head, a 65-year-old man suffered cuts on his head and a 70-year old woman was slashed in the shoulder. The accident occurred on the 4, 5, 6 subway platform at the station at 9:50 a.m., police said.

When two NYPD detectives confronted the 44-year-old, identified as Anthony Griffin, and tol...