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Former friends of a man accused of a crowbar road rage attack that left a woman with two broken arms have filed a restraining order against him, alleging a campaign of harassment against them, including a previous attack with a crowbar.

Jared Matthew Eliasson, 28, was charged with attempted murder after a woman’s arms were broken March 7 during the attack with a crowbar around 6:30 a.m. near 76 Avenue and 87 Street.

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Eliasson was arrested two days after the attack following the release by police of information about the suspect’s appearance and silver car.

The tip from the public that identified Eliasson may have come from the family of a former friend who, along with Eliasson, was the victim of a random July 2014 stabbing, according to recently filed court documents.

Eliasson and his friend Christopher Northam were stabbed by Chase Holloway, who was in July 2016 convicted of the crime and handed a five-year prison sentence. In a victim impact statement entered during that court case, Eliasson wrote about continuing to struggle with feelings of “grief, rage and betrayal.”