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Last Updated : 2024-03-29 19:40:00
A suspect was hit with an assault charge Sunday for attacking a 68-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant aboard a Manhattan train last week, police said.
Marc Mathieu, 36, allegedly attacked Narayange Bodhi with a barrage of punches last Friday aboard a No. 1 train at Manhattan’s Franklin Street station, according to cops.
A witness to the assault told The Post it was a hate crime, but the NYPD on Sunday said the department has no evidence the attack was racially motivated.
Straphanger George Okrepkie, 56, said the suspect approached the older rider, yelled at him and punched him.
“All of the sudden, the guy was just on top of the elderly man doing a stabbing motion, just hitting him over the head,” Okrepkie said. “Within seconds, blood was all over the [victim].”
New York City is experiencing a surge in attacks against people of Asian descent. Last year, there were 28 such racially motivated attacks compared to just two in 2019. (New York Post)
Gert Jan, the Netherlands Monday, 22 March 2021 10:51 AM
I never experienced so much racism as when I was living in Sri Lanka. Not even in the USA. I am mixed race (black Surinam father)
dickie bird Monday, 22 March 2021 10:16 PM
America 01st has got American thinking screwed up
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