A 65-year-old Asian-American woman is currently hospitalized after she was brutally assaulted on her way to church on Monday.
According to reporter CeFaan Kim, the elderly woman was punched and kicked multiple times in her face and was told “f*** you, you don’t belong here.” Kim said the security guard at the building refused to help her during the attack then closed the door on her.
She is currently hospitalized with a swollen face and pain in her left leg, Kim reported.
The NYPD hate crimes division is investigating the incident.
This latest attack comes amid a spike in the number of hate crimes reported against members of the Asian community since the start of the pandemic.
According to data from Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition documenting discrimination during the pandemic, there are nearly 3,800 reported incidents of anti-Asian hate between March 2020 and last month.
