"The woman, 20, was waiting for a D train at the 9th Avenue subway station on March 17 at around 10:50 a.m., when she was approached by a stranger, police said."
"Her attacker began by shouting anti-Islamic slurs before grabbing the young woman by the arms, violently throwing her onto the Brooklyn subway platform and ripping the phone from her hand."
"Police have since released surveillance photos of the suspect, showing him jumping a turnstile in a train station."
On March 17, a 20-year-old woman was attacked on a Brooklyn subway platform. The assailant shouted anti-Islamic slurs before physically assaulting her. He threw her onto the platform and smashed her phone. The woman received treatment at the scene, while the attacker fled. Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime and have released surveillance images of the suspect, who is described as having a light complexion and wearing a black-and-white jacket.
Read at Brooklyn, NY Patch
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