PEMA SHERPA was opening the door of his rented yellow cab when the
first blow came. A meat cleaver sliced open the back of his head and
everything flashed white. The sun had not yet risen over the stretch of
attached brick two-story houses on 62nd Street in Woodside, Queens; it
was 5 a.m.
The quiet street where Debindra Chhantyal attacked his fellow taxi driver, Pema Sherpa with a meat cleaver.The cleaver came down again, this time on Mr. Sherpa’s chest, chopping through the layers of
clothing he had donned against the early-morning chill. And again, slicing gashes into the rubber soles of his sneakers.Bleeding on the pavement, Mr. Sherpa beheld his attacker: Debindra Chhantyal, his mild-mannered partner and countryman.
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