A hate-filled brute punched a woman in the face in a Manhattan subway station over the weekend and told her he socked her because “you are Jewish,” according to police.
The stranger walked up and clobbered the 29-year-old woman inside the 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station 7-train passageway at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
The shocked victim asked her attacker why he randomly slugged her when she did nothing to provoke him and he reportedly said his reason was “you are Jewish” and ran off, police said.
The woman suffered minor injuries.
Saturday’s attack comes as Hamas and Israel continue a deadly war sparked by the terrorist group’s sneak attack on the Jewish nation, prompting fears of rising hate towards both Jews and Muslims.
The same day as the subway station assault, a 71-year-old man in Illinois stabbed a 6-year-old Palestinian-American child 26 times, killing the boy in an alleged hate crime over his Muslim faith.
The suspect, Joseph Czuba, also stabbed the child’s mother more than a dozen times as he shouted “You Muslims must die!”
The family were the man’s tenants.
The NYPD Hate Crimes Unit is investigating the assault and released images of the suspect Wednesday.
