China News Service, April 8th. According to the US "World Journal" report, on April 6, local time, another attack involving Asian victims occurred in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. A Chinese shop operator was advising customers to wear it. When he was wearing a mask, he was scolded as "you damn immigrant", and then he was physically assaulted. The police in the district have arrested the suspects, but they have not charged him with hate crimes, but only with robbery.
The police said that at about 4:30 pm on the day of the incident, a 39-year-old female owner of Chinese descent asked the man to wear a mask in the Hengyun food store at 329 Grand Street, but the person refused to listen and said directly. Remarks involving racial discrimination.
According to the police, the man involved tried to escape with the merchandise in the store and attacked the Chinese woman, punching her three times in the face and shouting "You damn immigrant" at the same time.
According to court records, the district bureau has arrested the man and accused him of robbery, but there are no hate crime-related charges.
(Zhang Chen)