MANHATTAN – It appears nowhere in the city is safe anymore from random, hate-fueled attacks, with an MTA bus traveling it’s Upper East Side route becoming the latest scene of a bias crime— this time targeting an elderly man, shouting vile hate-filled words right out of the blue.
“Fuck you, Chinese! Go back to China!” the suspect barked at the 80-year-old victim, people sources say, as he sat on a M15 bus going south on Second Avenue near East 68th Street just before 11:30 in the morning.
The verbal attack, being investigated as a case of aggravated harassment, happened back on Friday, April 23rd, however we are just getting our first look at the suspect in surveillance photos taken inside the bus.
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Police say the two men had no interactions before the suspect unleashed an anti-Asian tirade on the elderly victim— and the victim got off the bus right after it happened.
🚨WANTED for AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT: on Friday, April 23, at 11:23PM onboard an southbound M15 bus at East 68 St & 2nd Ave, the suspect did yell anti-Asian statements at an 80-year-old male on the bus.
— NYPD 19th Precinct (@NYPD19Pct) August 5, 2021
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If you recognize the suspect or have any information to share on this incident, please contact NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-8477.
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