A stranger dragged a 25-year-old woman by the neck off a Brooklyn subway bench in an unprovoked attack this week — one of three random assaults announced by the NYPD overnight.
The woman was sitting on the bench on the southbound No. 2 train platform at the Grand Army Plaza station around 12:45 a.m. Sunday when five people approached her from behind, authorities said.
The crew surrounded the victim and one of them dragged her by the neck off the bench without warning, cops said. She was treated at the scene by EMS.
Cops say the attackers are strangers to the victim and dragged her without any warning. NYPD
All five members of the crew fled on foot, cops said. NYPDThe NYPD late Tuesday released surveillance photos showing the five suspects walking on the subway platform.
The senseless attack followed another just three days earlier in Manhattan, when a thug randomly ran up to a 69-year-old man on the street and punched him to the ground, police said.
The victim was walking on East 14th Street near First Avenue in the East Village around 9:50 p.m. Dec. 1 when he was whacked in the right side of the head — causing him to fall face-down onto the ground, cops said.
As he tried to get up, another heartless attacker came up behind him and kicked him in the back, causing him to fall again, authorities said.
One suspect in the unprovoked attack on a 69-year-old man on East 14th Street near First Avenue in the East Village. NYPDThe strangers then ran off, heading south on First Avenue.
The victim suffered head, leg and hand injuries, and was taken to Mount Sinai Beth Israel, where he was listed in stable condition.
Another suspect in the unprovoked attack on a 69-year-old man on East 14th Street near First Avenue in the East Village. NYPDThe suspects are both about 25 years old and 5 feet 9, with medium complexions, cops said.
One of them was described as having a thin build and a mustache, last seen wearing a black watch cap, a black jacket, gray sweatpants, gray sneakers and a backpack. The other is about 250 pounds, with a large build and a chin strap-style beard, last seen wearing a black du-rag, a black jacket, blue jeans and gray sneakers.
In a separate unprovoked attack on Nov. 10, a 48-year-old man was walking on Park Avenue South near East 30th Street in Kips Bay around 5:20 p.m. when a stranger suddenly hit him in the head with a brick, authorities said.
Cops believe this suspect struck a 48-year-old man in the head with a brick on Park Avenue South near East 30th Street in Kips Bay. NYPDThe male suspect — seen in a photo released by cops late Tuesday — fled west on East 30th Street.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, with swelling and a laceration to the head, cops said.
The suspects in all three cases were still on the lam Wednesday.
