NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect wanted in an attack of an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square has been arrested and charged with felony assault as a hate crime, police said early Wednesday. He faces charges of assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, assault and attempted assault, police said. On Friday, in the same neighborhood as Monday’s attack, a 65-year-old Asian American woman was accosted by a man waving an unknown object and shouting anti-Asian insults. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has asked anyone with information to contact the department’s confidential hot line or submit tips online. The neighborhood where Monday’s attack occurred, Hell’s Kitchen, is predominantly white, with an Asian population of less than 20%, according to city demographic data.

Source: Huffington Post March 31, 2021 11:48 UTC