An attacker punched and kicked a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke in an incident that is being investigated as a possible hate crime, police and law enforcement sources said.
What to Know
- An attacker punched and kicked a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke in Midwood in Brooklyn on Tuesday, police and sources said
- The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime
- Police are now searching for the attacker, who is around 30 years old and stands at around 5-foot-11
An attacker punched and kicked a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke in an incident that is being investigated as a possible hate crime, police and law enforcement sources said.
The 55-year-old victim was in front of a building on Avenue J, between East 13th and East 14th streets, in Midwood in Brooklyn around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday when the man approached him and started punching and kicking him, the NYPD said.
The victim is Jewish and was wearing a yarmulke at the time of the attack, law enforcement sources said.
The attack, which was caught on surveillance camera, is being investigated as a possible hate crime, but has not been deemed one yet, according to law enforcement sources.
The attacker didn’t make any anti-Semitic remarks, law enforcement sources said.
Police are now searching for the attacker, who is around 30 years old and stands at approximately 5-foot-11.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
