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![The police are looking for the attacker.]()
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The police are looking for the attacker.
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![She posted a surveillance video showing the crime.]()
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She posted a surveillance video showing the crime.
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![The attack occurred near Times Square.]()
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The attack occurred near Times Square.
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![The perpetrator asked the victim and her friend to remove their face masks.]()
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The perpetrator asked the victim and her friend to remove their face masks.
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![The incident is reminiscent of further attacks on Asians in the US recently.]()
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The incident is reminiscent of further attacks on Asians in the US recently.
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According to the New York police, a 31-year-old Asian woman was attacked by another woman with a hammer and suffered a laceration. The perpetrator, who the police are looking for in public, asked the victim and his Asian friend to remove their face masks.
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The people would not have known each other. Authorities also released a video of the fact that happened near Times Square.
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Cases are increasing
The incident is reminiscent of another attack in Manhattan that caused a stir in late March. At that time, a man brought down an American woman of Asian descent. Then he kept kicking her.
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The number of acts of violence against Asian or Asian people in the United States has increased significantly recently. According to the New York police, they have been the victims of most hate crimes in the US east coast metropolis since the beginning of the year.
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The US Department of Justice is also currently observing a “significant increase in attacks and harassment” motivated by prejudice against Americans of Asian descent, Minister Merrick Garland recently said.
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Possible connection with Corona
Various congressmen see a connection with the corona pandemic. Ex-US President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to the corona virus as the “China virus” and was accused of deliberately stirring up resentment.
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