'What The F--- Are You Looking At?' Shouted Shirtless Attacker: Report

QUEENS, NY — A shirtless youth beat a straphanger with a scooter and chair because he thought the man was staring at him, according to reports.

"What the f--- are you looking at?" the bare-chested attacker asked before the attack Saturday, the New York Daily News reported.

The ensuing beating inside the Grand Avenue-Newtown station Saturday sent the straphanger — a 53-year-old man — to the hospital in stable condition, authorities said.

Police late Tuesday released photographs showing the suspect: a male youth clad only in navy blue pants and white sneakers.

The run-in between the youth and straphanger unfolded Saturday about 9:35 p.m. on an R train headed toward Forest Hills, the Daily News reported.

The straphanger got off at the station after the shirtless youth's aggressive question, only to be followed, according to the report.

The youth pulled a wooden chair from the man's pushcart and hammered him over the head several times, the New York Post reported. The attacker did the same with a scooter, the report states.

The straphanger was listed in stable condition at Elmhurst Hospital, NYPD officials said.

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