As of Monday afternoon, authorities were still searching for a fourth female, likely another teen, NYPD Lt. Thomas Antonetti told CNN . At some point, someone in the group struck the woman in the head with an umbrella. Three teen girls were charged with hate crimes after police say they attacked a woman on a bus in New York City, made “anti-Asian” statements about her and accused her of causing the coronavirus pandemic. Asian Americans have reporteda rise in hate crimes and discrimination since the start of the pandemic. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force told CNN that it has investigated at least 11 cases in which Asian victims were targeted due to the coronavirus.

Source: Huffington Post April 06, 2020 20:55 UTC