Asian Woman Slashed With Box Cutter in NYC

August 1, 2022

NEW YORK CITY—Police are searching for a suspect caught on surveillance camera slashing a woman in Manhattan. The savage attack happened Sunday morning near Seventh Avenue and West 42^nd Street in Midtown.

Footage shows the African-American male suspect walking up behind the 59-year-old woman as she pulls a cart. Police said the suspect cut her right hand with a box cutter for no apparent reason, reports CBS News.

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According to ABC’s CeFaan Kim, the victim was Asian and the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit is not investigating the incident.

The 59-year-old Asian woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to be OK.

Anyone with information about her attacker is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential. 

Feature Screenshots via CeFaan Kim