Woman hits teen girl with cardboard box in anti-Asian attack: police

The suspect wanted in connection with an anti-Asian hate crime in Brighton Beach Friday night
The suspect wanted in connection with an anti-Asian hate crime in Brighton Beach Friday night Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD is searching for a woman who hit a teen girl with a cardboard box outside of a Brooklyn grocery store in an apparent anti-Asian attack, police said.

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Cops released surveillance footage of a woman wearing all black who allegedly hit a 17-year-old girl with the box outside of a grocery store on Brighton Beach Avenue around 10:00 a.m. Friday in Brighton Beach.

The woman, who is pictured with blonde hair and wearing a face mask allegedly used anti-Asian slurs during the attack, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

Featured Image Photo Credit: NYPD