Brooklyn subway rider assaulted by teen women waving boxcutter after asking them to quit smoking on prepare

A Brooklyn subway rider was assaulted by two teen women waving a boxcutter after he requested them to quit smoking on the prepare, police stated Thursday.

Earlier than his attackers bought away, the 45-year-old sufferer was ready to make use of his cellphone to snap photos of them and even report video of considered one of them flashing him the peace signal.

Cops launched that footage Thursday and are asking the general public’s assist figuring out and monitoring down the suspects.

The sufferer approached the women on an A prepare and requested them to place out their cigarettes about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday. Outraged, one of many teenagers whipped out a boxcutter and the sufferer was hit behind the pinnacle with an unknown object.

When the prepare pulled into the subsequent cease, the Nostrand Ave. station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the people who smoke ran off, police stated.

The sufferer, minimize behind the pinnacle, declined medical consideration.

Anybody with info is requested to name Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls might be saved confidential.