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| 72-Year-Old Woman Latest Victim Of 'Knockout' Game Assault? |
| 2013-11-27 |
| [NEWYORK.CBSLOCAL] Police are investigating if a 72-year-old woman is the latest victim of the so-called "knockout game," a violent trend in which youths sucker-punch unsuspecting strangers for kicks. Mira Harpazi was walking two blocks from her home at the Starret City housing complex in Brooklyn when she was punched in the face by a man in his 20s, CBS 2′s John Slattery reported Tuesday. Like other alleged "knockout" victims, she was not robbed, but left on the street injured. The attack was the most recent in what may be a disturbing series of similar assaults. Online videos from various cities show young suspects randomly punching innocent victims. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was asked Tuesday whether these are bias attacks. "The seven core ones happened in the Crown Heights area, which certainly has a Hasidic population and some of the victims were Hasidic males and children and I actually think a woman as well. So, we're not discounting that," Kelly said. The commissioner added that each case is being examined individually. |
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| Posted by: Guillibaldo McCoy1948 2013-11-27 12:57 |