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New York police arrest man over attack on Filipino-American woman in hate crime case

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Maria Ponnezhath, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/03/31/usa-race-new-york-assault.jpg"/><figcaption>A New York City Police Department (NYPD) wanted poster of the alleged perpetrator in an assault attack on an Asian woman on March 29, 2021, is pictured outside an apartment building on Manhattan&#x27;s West 43rd Street in New York City, New York, U.S., March 30, 2021. Mike Segar, Reuters/File Photo</figcaption></figure></div><p>NEW YORK - Police have arrested a man suspected of attacking an elderly Filipino-American woman in New York City and charged him with felony assault as a hate crime, the police department said.</p><p>Police identified the suspect as Brandon Elliot, 38, who was already on lifetime parole for murdering his mother, the New York Police Department said in a statement to Reuters. </p><div><strong> WATCH: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/21/sapul-sa-video-pinay-na-lola-walang-habas-na-ginulpi-sa-new-york&amp;title=SAPUL SA VIDEO: Pinay na lola walang habas na ginulpi sa New York&amp;vid=1651835" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//tfc.tv/">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Elliot was arrested and charged early on Wednesday.</p><p>The NYPD&#x27;s Hate Crimes Force had been looking for the assailant since Monday afternoon, after a man punched and kicked the 65-year-old woman, knocked her to the ground and stamped at least three times on her head. He also made anti-Asian statements.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/21/sapul-sa-video-pinay-na-lola-walang-habas-na-ginulpi-sa-new-york">SAPUL SA VIDEO: Pinay na lola walang habas na ginulpi sa New York</a></li></ul><p>Videos posted on social media showed witnesses at the scene did not try to protect her and one man shut the door of a nearby building while the attacker casually walked away.</p><div><strong> RELATED STORIES: </strong></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/31/21/video-shows-asian-american-woman-attacked-on-new-york-street">Video shows Fil-Am woman attacked on New York street</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/31/21/i-belong-here-vp-kamala-asian-americans-slam-hate-crime-against-fil-am-woman">‘I belong here’: VP Kamala, Asian-Americans slam hate crime against Fil-Am woman</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/27/21/hate-crime-charges-added-in-new-york-chinatown-stabbing-case">Hate crime charges added in New York Chinatown stabbing case</a></li></ul><p>The police also confirmed that the victim sustained a serious physical injury.</p><p>The incident, which happened on a street in midtown Manhattan, is one among many rising hate crimes against Asian Americans. Such crimes rose by 149% in 2020 in 16 major cities compared with 2019, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. </p><div><strong>(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru, Editing by William Maclean)</strong></div>

<p>Police identified the suspect as Brandon Elliot, 38, who was already on lifetime parole for murdering his mother, the New York Police Department said in a statement to Reuters. Elliot was arrested and charged early on Wednesday.<br /> </p>

Police identified the suspect as Brandon Elliot, 38, who was already on lifetime parole for murdering his mother, the New York Police Department said in a statement to Reuters. Elliot was arrested and charged early on Wednesday.

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New York police arrest man over attack on Filipino-American woman in hate crime case

Maria Ponnezhath,

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Published Mar 31, 2021 10:01 PM PHT

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