New York
City police were investigating on Sunday an assault on a man who was
pummelled by suspects shouting “Isis, Isis”, leaving him with bruises on
his head and face, authorities said.
The 43-year-old man was attacked while walking with a nine-year-old girl in the Bronx around 5.30pm on Friday, according to the New York City police department.
He was punched several times in the head, knocked down and kicked, police said. The victim, whose name was not given, was treated for injuries at a hospital and released.
He had been wearing a shalwar kameez, traditional south Asian dress featuring a long tunic, the New York Times reported.
The attack comes amid increasing anxiety in the US over the threat posed by Islamic State, also known as Isis, which has claimed responsibility for militant attacks around the world.
A Muslim couple allegedly inspired by the group killed 14 people and wounded 20 on 2 December in San Bernardino, California, just weeks after gunmen linked to Islamic State killed 130 people in Paris.
No one was immediately arrested in the New York assault, which was under investigation by the police department’s hate crime task force, the agency said in a statement on Saturday.
The 43-year-old man was attacked while walking with a nine-year-old girl in the Bronx around 5.30pm on Friday, according to the New York City police department.
He was punched several times in the head, knocked down and kicked, police said. The victim, whose name was not given, was treated for injuries at a hospital and released.
He had been wearing a shalwar kameez, traditional south Asian dress featuring a long tunic, the New York Times reported.
The attack comes amid increasing anxiety in the US over the threat posed by Islamic State, also known as Isis, which has claimed responsibility for militant attacks around the world.
A Muslim couple allegedly inspired by the group killed 14 people and wounded 20 on 2 December in San Bernardino, California, just weeks after gunmen linked to Islamic State killed 130 people in Paris.
No one was immediately arrested in the New York assault, which was under investigation by the police department’s hate crime task force, the agency said in a statement on Saturday.
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