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Several women person travel guardant connected societal media precocious claiming they've been punched successful nan look aliases nan caput by strangers while stepping successful New York City.
Within nan past 10 days, respective young, female victims person posted connected TikTok astir nan terrifying moments erstwhile they were approached by strangers and hit.
TikTok personification Olivia Brand, for example, uploaded a video connected March 17 aft she was "punched by immoderate man connected nan sidewalk."
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"He goes, ‘Sorry!’ And past punches maine successful nan head," she recalled.
"Holy f---! What nan hellhole conscionable happened?" she wrote.
The Empire State Building is seen on nan Manhattan skyline successful New York City connected July 24, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Social media influencer Halley Kate, who has 1.1 cardinal TikTok followers, posted a video of herself successful a panic authorities aft she knowledgeable a akin deed to nan head.
"I was virtually conscionable walking, and a man came up and punched maine successful nan face," she said done tears.
The TikToker (@halleykate) showed disconnected a golf-ball sized bump connected nan correct broadside of her caput adjacent her hairline.
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"It hurts truthful bad, I can’t moreover talk," she said.
"I fell to nan crushed and now this elephantine goose ovum is forming."
The video presently has much than 3 cardinal likes and 30 cardinal views.
She followed up pinch aggregate updates connected nan app, going into much item successful different videos.
Halley Kate attends an arena pinch Teen Vogue and motorola razr astatine Moxy Chelsea connected Sept. 28, 2022, successful New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Teen Vogue)
At nan clip of nan assault, Kate said she had been looking down astatine her telephone erstwhile she was either "punched aliases elbowed" by a man, who was besides stepping a dog.
"I deliberation he was conscionable really huffy that my caput was down," she said. "So, he took it upon himself to body-check maine and fto maine cognize to beryllium conscious of my surroundings."
After she fell to nan ground, she said she "blacked retired for a second" and regained consciousness to find nan man opinionated complete her and "screaming" astatine her.
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The contented creator said she fled nan segment retired of fearfulness — later visiting an urgent attraction installation to get her injuries assessed.
"The expert told maine that I seem[ed] OK, conscionable to watch retired for signs of vomiting aliases imagination loss," she said. "I deliberation I’m wholly fine."
She besides said that she'd spoken pinch nan New York Police Department (NYPD) and they are "looking into it."
"I deliberation he was conscionable really huffy that my caput was down," 1 unfortunate said. (iStock)
Another NYC woman, Mikayla Toninato, posted a video to TikTok soon afterward, claiming that she was besides "punched successful nan face" erstwhile leaving class.
The Parsons School of Design student shared that she "turned nan corner" while looking down astatine her telephone texting — and was met by a man who decided to deed her.
"I’m for illustration really successful daze correct now," she said, pinch a noticeable bruise forming underneath her near eye.
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"I don’t cognize if this is for illustration a point that’s going around, but I conjecture if you’re successful New York correct now and you’re stepping while looking astatine your phone, possibly don’t do that."
She added, "I conjecture we’re going to beryllium ace alert of our surroundings."
Toninato posted an update successful a follow-up video, detailing that she "didn’t spot him coming."
Exterior of The New School, portion of Parsons School of Design, successful New York City. A student shared precocious that she "turned nan corner" while looking down astatine her telephone texting — and was met by a man who decided to deed her. (iStock)
"My caput was conscionable clocked back, turned around, and I saw him looking astatine maine stepping away," she said.
"So galore girls person reached retired to maine saying that this nonstop aforesaid communicative happened to them."
Toninato assumed that location are "multiple men going astir doing this," noting that nan man who deed her was a "Black antheral decidedly complete six feet tall."
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"He had dreads that, like, didn’t rather spell to his shoulder," she described successful her video.
According to nan constabulary serviceman who assisted Toninato aft nan attack, location is simply a "meth rehabilitation center" located adjacent to her schoolhouse building successful Union Square.
"They spot worldly for illustration this hap each azygous time because of nan group that are conscionable hanging retired astir nan rehab center," she said.
Police officers astatine nan Union Square Train Station successful Manhattan connected Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
After a sojourn to nan emergency room connected March 26, Toninato was told she had a concussion.
"We officially person a concussion, a achromatic oculus and a chipped tooth," she said.
The women’s videos person gone viral connected nan app, pinch galore users showing interest for information successful NYC’s streets.
Police reports filed
The NYPD confirmed to Fox News Digital that location had been astatine slightest 2 reports revenge of this nature.
One study connected record for harassment occurred connected Sunday, March 17, erstwhile a 25-year-old female was stepping her canine successful nan vicinity of Kenmare Street and Mulberry Street erstwhile she was punched successful nan caput by a stranger.
The NYPD shared 2 reports of akin incidents successful March 2024. (iStock)
No injuries were reported arsenic a result, according to nan police.
On Monday, March 25, different study was revenge by a 23-year-old female for battle while stepping successful nan vicinity of West 16th Street and 7th Avenue.
The female claimed successful nan study that an chartless individual deed her successful nan head, and she fell to nan ground.
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She suffered injuries to nan near broadside of her face, according to nan report, and was treated astatine a section aesculapian facility.
A spokesperson for nan Deputy Commissioner for Public Information (DCPI) connected Wednesday told Fox News Digital that location has been 1 apprehension successful nan March 25 case, that nan individual arrested has been charged pinch battle — and that nan investigation "remains ongoing."
Referring to some cases, "it is unclear if these incidents are connected astatine this time," a spokesperson besides said.
People locomotion down a shopping thoroughfare successful Manhattan connected Oct. 26, 2022, successful New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Encouraging awareness
The women who knowledgeable these incidents of battle urged different women to enactment safe and enactment aware.
Halley Kate, who’s lived successful NYC for six years, shared successful 1 of her videos that she believes these incidents were isolated cases, and that assaults of this benignant are "a somewhat communal point that happens successful large cities."
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"While it’s evidently really upsetting and disgusting that women person to woody pinch s--- for illustration this, I personally americium not going to revolve my life astir that 1 incident," she said.
"I do deliberation this is simply a bully wake-up telephone conscionable to beryllium a small much alert of my surroundings – and that’s not conscionable successful New York City, virtually anyplace successful nan world."
A metropolis thoroughfare segment connected nan left, and connected nan right, Halley Kate connected Sept. 28, 2022, successful New York City. (iStock; Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Teen Vogue)
She added, "Ladies, we’re not going to unrecorded our life successful fear, but we are going to beryllium cautious. We are going to beryllium aware."
Fox News Digital reached retired to each of nan women mentioned connected TikTok for further remark and updates.
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