New York: A Sikh teenager was assaulted on a New York City bus over the last weekend, attacked by an unknown assailant who tried to remove his turban and face mask, police said.
The incident happened last Sunday aboard a city bus as the 19-year-old travelled through the borough of Queens, according to NBC News.
According to the police, the attacker, clad in a bright yellow jacket, approached the man and said, “We don’t wear that in this country and take that mask off!” before punching him in the head, face and back multiple times.
The unidentified victim suffered “minor laceration and pain” as a result of the attack, but refused medical treatment at the scene, police said.
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