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He beat and kicked an elderly Asian woman in New York, police looking for him

The New York Police Department reported that a Asian old woman was beaten and kicked by a man, adding a new case to the growing wave of attacks directed at Asians in the country.

The attack occurred on March 29 at 11:40 a.m. at 360 West 43rd Street and the suspect is a man whose photography already circulates digitally in order to ask users for help to identify it.

(…) She was approached by an unidentified man who punched and kicked her in the body and made anti-Asian statements,

reported the New York Police Department (NYPD) on its hate crimes account.

The woman was hospitalized in serious health conditions. The man also hit her on the stomach, knocking her to the ground. Likewise while punching his face, he yelled anti-Asian insults.

Other attacks

The NYPD has also been sharing videos and photos of suspects who are perpetrators of other hate crimes in the city.

A video retweeted on March 29 by the same NYPD shows another attack on an Asian person in the city, this time the victim is a man beaten in a subway car.

Also, on March 26, a woman was attacked by a man who beat her yelling anti-Asian insults.

Xenophobia

During the coronavirus pandemic, a increase in hate attacks towards Asians, a conclusion embodied in an investigation of the Pew Research Center.

African Americans and Asian Americans are also more likely than their White and Hispanic counterparts to say that they have been the target of insults or jokes because of their race or ethnicity, but Asian adults are the most likely to say that this has happened to them from the start. of the coronavirus outbreak.

indicated the Pew Research Center in July 2020.

Also, the coalition against discrimination of Asians, Stop AAPI Hate, It has records of nearly 3,800 hate attacks Asians in the country.

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