週末在紐約佈克林區﹐一個華人被一個帶上口罩蒙面人持刀襲擊﹐被斬了十幾刀。紐約警察透過推特發表『此襲擊與武漢肺炎完全沒有關係』。
被襲人Li Qianyang, 48歲﹐週六在第八街步行時被一個帶上口罩的人斬了13 刀。
警方告訴記者施襲者當時是騎在受害人身上下刀。
施襲者沒有劫掠的企圖﹐只要致受襲人於死地。
若此襲擊事件是武漢肺炎引致的仇殺案﹐即將成為首個例子。紐約正在人人自危。
A man wearing a surgical mask stabbed an Asian man in Brooklyn, New
York, more than a dozen times over the weekend, reported the New York
Post.
NYPD sources told The
Post that the incident occurred on Saturday evening, around 8th Avenue, could
be one of the first Covid-19-related hate crimes in the country.
NYPD later tweeted that there was "absolutely no nexus between the
attack and the coronavirus."
Recent media reports
HAVE SUGGESTED that the stabbing of a Asian male in Brooklyn is Coronavirus
related. At this time detectives working on this case have stated there is
absolutely no nexus between the attack and the Coronavirus.
Li Qianyang, 48, was walking down 8th Avenue on Saturday evening when
a man wearing a surgical mask stabbed him 13 times, the police said.
A police source told
The Post that the attacker "was on top of him stabbing him."
"One guy was
chasing the other guy, and caught up with him outside," a store owner told
the Post. "He stabbed him so many times, and I'm amazed he survived."
First responders
found Qianyang in a pool of blood, and it was reported that the attacker
stabbed him in the heart. He was immediately taken to Lutheran Medical Center
and remained in critical condition.
It appears the assailant had no interest in
robbing the man but instead wanted Qianyang dead for reasons that are still
unknown .
If this incident were indeed a Covid-19-related hate crime, it would
be the first in the country. Everyone in New York City is on edge as virus
cases in the tri-state area have jumped 200% since Friday, from 49 cases to now
150.
