A brute lurking close to Occasions Sq. choked a 21-year-old girl unconscious — then tried to rape her — over the weekend, cops and regulation enforcement sources mentioned.
The stranger snuck up behind his sufferer as she walked on the nook of West forty seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan round 3:30 a.m. Sunday, in line with authorities and sources.
He wrapped his arm round her neck, inflicting her to lose consciousness for a number of seconds, sources mentioned.
The sicko then tried to rape the girl whereas she was blacked out, cops and sources mentioned.
However as she started to regain consciousness, the attacker backed off and began fleeing west on forty seventh Avenue towards Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, in line with police and sources.
The sufferer was taken to the Metropolitan Hospital Middle, the place she was listed in secure situation with neck ache from the strangulation.
The attacker — proven on surveillance footage holding his cellphone whereas strolling on the darkish sidewalk — had not been caught by Tuesday, authorities mentioned.
He was final seen sporting black T-shirt, black shorts and white sneakers.
Anybody with info on his whereabouts is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).The general public can even submit their ideas by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site at or on X @NYPDTips.
