"At about 10:45 a.m., a 54-year-old man on board a southbound N train at the Atlantic Avenue subway station was approached and attacked by a stranger, police said. Seemingly unprovoked, the attacker began punching the victim in the face and body, making anti-Jewish statements and forcibly removing his yarmulke, officials said."
"Officials are describing the attack as a hate crime. The attacker quickly fled on an N train and was last seen at the Canal Street subway station. The victim was taken to SUNY Downstate Medical Center and is expected to be OK, officials said."
A 54-year-old Jewish man was attacked on a southbound N train at the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn on Monday morning at approximately 10:45 a.m. An unknown assailant approached the victim and began punching him in the face and body while making anti-Jewish statements and forcibly removing his yarmulke. The attacker fled on an N train and was last seen at the Canal Street station. The victim was transported to SUNY Downstate Medical Center with injuries but is expected to recover. The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident, and police have released an image of the suspect.
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