{"id":207668,"date":"2021-03-22T00:10:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T21:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/manhattan-subway-attack-was-anti-asian-crime-eyewitness\/"},"modified":"2021-03-22T00:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T21:10:57","slug":"manhattan-subway-attack-was-anti-asian-crime-eyewitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/manhattan-subway-attack-was-anti-asian-crime-eyewitness\/","title":{"rendered":"#Manhattan subway attack was anti-Asian crime: eyewitness"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Manhattan subway attack was anti-Asian crime: eyewitness<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A Sri Lankan immigrant attacked on a Manhattan train Friday afternoon was the victim of an anti-Asian attack, an eyewitness told WNBC-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Straphanger George Okrepkie was sitting across from victim Narayange Bodhi on Friday afternoon when the alleged assailant app<\/a>roached Bodhi, 68, and said \u201cYou Asian [mother-f\u2014-r]\u201d and threw a punch, Okrepkie told the station.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not believe that somebody would attack a man of that age,\u201d Okrepkie said. \u201cBefore I could even look, he was standing on top of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The assailant escaped when the train stopped at Franklin Street station, leaving Bodhi bloodied on the train. Okrepkie lent his scarf to help stop the bleeding, he said.<\/p>\n

An NYPD rep told The Post on Sunday that the department has no evidence the attack was racially motivated.<\/p>\n

New York City is experiencing a surge in attacks against people of Asian descent. Last year, there were 28 such racially motivated attacks compared to just two in 2019.<\/p>\n

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The assailant escaped when the train stopped at Franklin Street station.<\/figcaption>
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Neither Okrepkie nor Bodhi could be reached for comment by The Post.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Tina Moore and Reuven Fenton<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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