Crime & Safety

NYPD Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Asian Employee Attacked Inside Manhattan 7-Eleven

The incident happened at around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday inside the store at the corner of West 39th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.

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April 5, 2021

An attack on a 7-Eleven worker is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

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The victim was punched in the face and called an anti-Asian slur, CBS2’s Kiran Dhillon reported Sunday.

The incident happened at around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday inside the store at the corner of West 39th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.

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