Another online vigilante got FAFO'ed by someone they targeted, this time in New York

I don't even believe law enforcement agents should be engaging in these entrapment operations, much less some loser who calls himself an "influencer." You try to get in the face of people for internet clout, don't be surprised when you end up getting in the face of the wrong person. But this dumb POS "Niky Sal"(real name: Nicholas Attalla) says he's going to continue chasing Internet clout so lesson NOT learned, I guess. 

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/western-new-york/chautauqua-county/jamestown/influencer-stabbed-in-latest-confrontation-to-catch-alleged-child-predators-in-wny/

Influencer stabbed in latest confrontation to catch alleged child predators in WNY

by: Rob Petree

Posted: Dec 14, 2025 / 07:10 PM EST

Updated: Dec 15, 2025 / 11:15 AM EST

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niky Sal, an influencer leading an effort to catch alleged child predators online in Western New York, was hospitalized after being stabbed in his latest encounter in Jamestown.

WIVB News 4 sat down with Niky earlier this month after footage of an earlier encounter at the Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga went viral on social media.

The effort’s like a modern-day version of the old reality show, “To Catch a Predator.” Alongside his associates, Paul Oyer and Ethan Haskins, Niky operates undercover on social media posing as underage children in an attempt to catch adults who prey upon minors.

“What we do is we have decoy accounts,” Niky said in an earlier interview with News 4. “We kind of just have them there, and we never send the first message. Nine times out of 10, once that first message is sent, it goes downhill very quick, especially once we age-drop and they know how old the minor is.”

Niky explained in our interview earlier this month how this effort, for him, is personal.

“When I was 9 years old I was a victim,” Niky said at the time. “I guess that kind of drove me to do what I do today.”

On Saturday, things took a violent turn after Niky and his team met up with a man in Jamestown who they say believed he was there to meet a 14-year-old girl.

Niky suffered a large laceration to his arm and ended up in the hospital.

“He was released from the hospital,” Oyers said. “We got back home, and he couldn’t move his fingers, couldn’t move his hand.”

An artery was severed in the attack, leaving Niky with no feeling in his arm. Now, he needs surgery.

“There’s pretty extensive damage to the arm where he was got,” Haskins said. “We’re kind of worried about that, mobility and things.” ,,, 

Now, moving forward, Niky’s team says, while the road to recovery might end up being a long one, once Niky’s back on his feet, there won’t be any slowing him down.

“When we saw him last night at the hospital, at this time there isn’t any signs of it slowing him down, it stopping him,” Haskins said. “We got to get through this recovery thing, and then it’s hit the ground running and keep going and fighting the good fight.”