Asian man describes harrowing, unprovoked attack at subway station

Police are investigating yet another unprovoked attack on a person of Asian descent, this time in a subway station on Manhattan's Lower East Side. It happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday at the East Broadway F train station near Rutgers Street. Eyewitness News obtained exclusive surveillance video of the incident, which shows the assailant waiting until the 56-year-old victim walks past him to launch the attack. He punches the victim and pushes him to the ground, where he punches him in the eye and elbows him in the mouth repeatedly. Read more: Check out more Eyewitness News - NEW HERE? – Hi! We’re abc7NY, also known as Channel 7 on TV, home to Eyewitness News, New York’s Number 1 news. We hope you love us on YouTube as much as you do on television! OUR SOCIAL MEDIA – FACEBOOK: TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: NEWS TIPS: Online: Phone: 917-260-7700