Straphanger punched, robbed in random attack on NYC subway: cops

A straphanger was socked within the face and robbed in a random assault on a Manhattan practice early Tuesday, cops stated. 

The 24-year-old man was on board a southbound No. 1 practice approaching Rector Road round 4:30 a.m. when two males punched him with out provocation, authorities stated. 

They grabbed his pockets — holding an unspecified amount of money — and cellphone, police stated. 

Pedestrians are seen walking through the mezzanine of an NYC subway station as two cops patrol.
The duo allegedly grabbed the sufferer’s cellphone and pockets.
Stephen Yang

The pair ran out of the practice when it pulled into the station, cops stated. 

The sufferer refused medical consideration on the scene. 

The incident comes after not less than six straphangers had been attacked inside the metropolis’s subway system between Sunday and Monday.

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