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Two elderly NYC men threatened with blades in disturbing crimes hours apart
The senior was walking at East 161st Street and Grand Concourse in Concourse Village around 3:30 p.m. when a stranger approached him from behind, police said.
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Two elderly NYC men threatened with blades in disturbing crimes hours apart
By
Amanda Woods
June 27, 2023 10:18am
Updated
Two elderly men were targeted by blade-wielding creeps — one during a robbery and the other in an antisemitic attack — in separate disturbing crimes just hours apart this week, cops said.
In the first incident, a 91-year-old man was walking at East 161st Street and Grand Concourse in Concourse Village around 3:30 p.m. Monday when a stranger approached him from behind, police said.
The suspect flashed a knife and demanded money, authorities said.
The nonagenarian immediately backed away, but fell and hit his head, cops said.
He was rushed to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.
The 91-year-old victim fell to the ground as he tried to back away from the knife-wielding suspect, cops said. NYPDSurveillance video released by the NYPD late Monday shows the still-at-large suspect walking away.
In another startling crime in Brooklyn about two hours later, a hateful stranger approached a 77-year-old man on Broadway near Rutledge Street in Williamsburg, police said.
He flung an open boxcutter at the senior’s face while snarling, “You f–king Jew!,” cops and police sources said.
The victim was treated by EMS at the scene, and the alleged bigot took off, police said.
Video released by the NYPD late Monday shows the suspect, who is also still on the loose, riding a motorcycle.
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident, police said.
The suspect allegedly flung an open boxcutter at a 77-year-old man’s face while snarling, “You f–king Jew!”NYPD