A woman was raped at knifepoint by an immigrant man near a popular beach promenade in Brooklyn, New York City, police and sources said.
The New York Police Department told Fox News Digital that the incident happened around 9 p.m. Sunday night near Surf Avenue and West 16th Street in Coney Island.
“Upon arriving on scene, officers were advised that a 46-year-old woman had been approached by two unknown individuals who held a knife to her throat and forced her to the ground, one of whom then raped the victim,” an NYPD spokesperson said. “When the 34-year-old male victim attempted to intervene, the second individual struck him with an object.”
Police said the female victim was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, but the male victim, identified by The New York Post through a law enforcement source as the victim’s boyfriend, refused medical treatment.
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The rape occurred near the Coney Island boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York City. (Beata Saurzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The NYPD identified the suspects as David Davon Bonilla, 24, and Leovando Moreno, 37, both homeless.
A NYPD source told Fox News that suspect Davon Bonilla, who faces charges including first-degree rape and sexual abuse, is a Nicaraguan immigrant.
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The boardwalk at Coney Island, photographed in May 2021. (Gary Hirschhorn/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Moreno was charged with second-degree assault.
According to the New York City Police Department, the rape occurred in the Coney Island area. (Google Maps)
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The incident occurred outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, and Davon Bonilla had been arrested on sexual offences in early April, an NYPD source told Fox News.
