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Police searching for antisemitic suspect in NYC hate crime assault
A bigoted brute assaulted an elderly man and then spewed antisemitic bile at the senior citizen during an incident this week at a Manhattan Duane Reade, police said.
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Police searching for antisemitic suspect in NYC hate crime assault
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Published Dec. 9, 2023, 11:36 a.m. ET
A bigoted brute assaulted an elderly man and then spewed antisemitic bile at the senior citizen during an incident this week at a Manhattan Duane Reade, police said.
The hate crime attack unfolded shortly before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when a 66-year-old man walking inside the Duane Reade on John Street, near Fulton Street in the Financial District accidentally bumped into an unknown individual exiting the location, police said.
The unhinged suspect punched the 66-year-old in the head, making an antisemitic remark and then ran off, cops said.
The shaken victim suffered a minor head injury but declined medical attention, authorities said.
There are no arrests.
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The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating.
Police on Saturday released a video clip and photos of the 5-foot-7, 170-pound suspect, who is approximately 40-years-old, with a medium build, black hair and facial hair.
The suspect is about 40 years old, stands around 5-foot-7 and weighs 170-pounds, police said. DCPI.
He was last seen wearing a purple and black North Face jacket, a yellow Polo shirt and dark pants, cops said.
Anyone with information in regard to the incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
