Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Stranger punches Hasidic teen in possible hate crime in NYC
A Hasidic teenager walking in Brooklyn was punched in the head in an unprovoked attack from a stranger on a bicycle, police said Tuesday.
The 18-year-old victim was wearing traditional Orthodox clothing and cops are investigating the attack as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime.
The youth was walking near Penn St. and Lee Ave. in Williamsburg when the assailant rode up on a bicycle and punched him in the back of the head without warning around 1:35 a.m. Saturday, according to police.
The blow knocked the victim's religious hat and yarmulke to the ground, but he did not need medical attention.
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