Subway Smokers Attack Duo Filming Them On Dekalb Ave-Bound Train: PD

BROOKLYN, NY — A group of people smoking on a Dekalb Avenue-bound train attacked two straphangers filming them, police said.

The five subway smokers were riding a Q train about 8:30 p.m. July 4 when two other passengers in the car — a 29-year-old woman and 32-year-old man — started recording them, NYPD officials said.

Enraged by the filming, the group of smokers started a verbal fight with the duo and then began to punch and kick both of them, police said.

When the assault ended, and the group of smokers left the train at the Dekalb Avenue subway station, the man realized his Apple Watch was missing, according to the NYPD.

The man and woman were both taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, police said.

As of Tuesday, more two weeks after the assault, police said they are still looking for the subway smoking attackers.