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Early Sunday morning a week ago, a 30-year-old sat in the New York subway. The man is of Asian origin. He was suddenly attacked by a stranger, who threw him out of the carriage.
– You’re infected, baby, you have to get off the train.
The attacker then attempted to remove the victim from the seat.
The New York Daily News writes that there have been several such cases lately.
The victim took photos of the incident on her phone. The police use them to pursue the author.
A few days earlier, another Asian-looking subway passenger saw a man start spraying him with something that could have been disinfectant, the same newspaper writes.
This event was filmed.
The anti-racist organization Anti Defamation League writes that lately there has been an increase in such incidents.
The UN warns
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that the pandemic has triggered “a tsunami of hatred and xenophobia, the designation of scapegoats and the spread of fear.”
On the day that marks the end of World War II in Europe, he warns against rising anti-Semitism as a result of the Koona epidemic.
Guterres is concerned with how the coronation center has triggered theories of hatred and conspiracy. According to The Guardian, he said that “journalists, whistleblowers, health workers, humanitarian workers and human rights defenders become targets just to do their jobs.”
