▲ Asamad Nash, homeless man arrested after killing a Korean woman
A woman of Korean descent in her 30s was killed in Chinatown in Manhattan, New York, after being stabbed to death by a homeless man who followed her to her home.
Residents of a six-story apartment located near a Chinatown subway station, according to the New York Times, heard her neighbor, Christina Yuna Lee, 35, screaming for help early the previous morning, according to the New York Times.
New York Police Department (NYPD) arriving at the scene found Christina stabbed to death in the bathtub of her home.
Police arrested Asamad Eunsh, a 25-year-old black homeless man who was hiding at the scene.
CCTV inspection revealed that the eunuch had followed Christina and entered her building to commit the crime.
It was confirmed that Nash was arrested four times last year alone, including assaulting an old man in his 60s near a Chinatown subway station in September last year.
Police have not yet classified the incident as a hate crime.
However, given that the victim, Christina, and her perpetrator have no relationship, it is analyzed that antipathy towards Asians may have been the cause of the attack.
Christina worked as a Senior Creative Producer for a digital music platform company.
She is also known to have worked in advertising for large corporations such as Google, Toms, and Cole Hahn.
Asian rights groups are of the view that the incident stemmed from hatred of Asians.
Wellington Chen, who served as a representative at a Chinatown business owner's meeting, said, "It seems that there is no vaccine for hatred of Asians." "How much more damage should be caused?"
New York Mayor Eric Adams tweeted: "We will work with the Asian community."
Earlier, on the 10th, a diplomat belonging to the Korean mission to the United Nations was assaulted by a man while catching a taxi near Koreatown in Manhattan.
(Photo = WABC broadcast capture, Yonhap News)