An assailant wearing an “X-Men” T-shirt randomly struck an elderly woman with a metal object as she walked through the East Village last week, police said.
Police say the 68-year-old victim was walking on East 14th Street near First Avenue, just around the corner from her Stuytown apartment, on Sept. 22 at about 6:15 p.m. when she heard the Manhattan threat. It was said that he had been sneaking up on her from behind.
Police said the man hit her in the back with an “unknown metal object” before driving off.
Surveillance footage released by the NYPD late Monday shows the suspect wearing a gray “X-Men” T-shirt, black pants, gray sneakers and carrying a backpack as he staggers down the sidewalk. It was reflected.
Police said the victim refused medical treatment and the suspect remained at large Tuesday.
The attack was one of several unprovoked attacks across the city in recent weeks.
Police and sources say a mob used a box cutter to randomly slash a 62-year-old man as he crossed a street in the Bronx in broad daylight on Sunday.
The victim was waiting for a traffic light to change at Hugh Grant Circle near Metropolitan Avenue in Parkchester around 2:20 p.m. when Joyner Javon, 33, who has a history of emotional disorders, struck her for no apparent reason. The suspect suddenly slashed the man's right ear, authorities and authorities said. officials said.
According to police, Jabon was arrested and charged with assault.
Last week in Park Slope, Brooklyn, police said a grumpy maniac randomly stabbed a 32-year-old man in the chest on Seventh Avenue near Lincoln Place.
In early September, a violent thug randomly punched a 74-year-old woman in the face on a southbound A train as it approached the 104th Liberty Avenue station in Ozone Park, Queens, police said.
A few weeks ago, a maniac slashed a teenager on the Bronx subway, and horrifying surveillance footage showed him sneaking onto the platform with a giant knife after the random attack. .
Police say the maniac slashed the 16-year-old hanger in the back of the head as the southbound No. 2 train roared toward Prospect Avenue Station in Melrose.
