Twisted attacker ‘smeared poo’ on petrified woman’s face inside train station
A man has been arrested after he allegedly smeared human faeces on a woman's face on a subway platform last week, police have said.
Frank Abrokwa, 37, reportedly approached a 43-year-old woman who was sitting on her own in a subway station in The Bronx.
According to police reports, Abrokwa hit the unsuspecting victim in the face and the back of her head with human faeces before fleeing the scene.
It is not clear whether the faeces was his, New York Post reports.
The 37-year-old was charged on Monday (February 28) with forcible touching, disorderly conduct and harassment.
At a press conference on Monday Mayor Eric Adams slammed the attack as a "horrific experience for anyone to go through".
“Human waste or someone spitting in your face, those are real signs of mental health issues… and we really must dig into how we’re dealing with these mental health issues,” the mayor said.
It comes after a health worker was savagely attacked and robbed as she travelled home from work on the New York subway in an unrelated incident.
Dr. Nina Rothschild, a scientist at New York’s Department of Health, was kicked down a flight of stairs as she entered the New York subway’s Queens Plaza Station on the evening of last Thursday (February 24).
The attacker then pulled out a hammer and repeatedly hit Dr. Rothschild in the head thirteen times, according to a police report, before taking two mobile phones, and a purse containing a quantity of cash and bank cards.
Police have arrested 57-year-old William Blount in connection with the vicious attack. Blount is facing charges of attempted murder, robbery and assault.
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Dr. Rothschild’s brother, Gerson Rothschild, who is also a scientist, told ABC-TV: “From what she told me on the phone, she was just walking down the steps to get into the subway on the way home from work when she was attacked by somebody from behind.
“She kept screaming, ‘Stop! Stop!’ but the person … wouldn’t stop”.
Dr. Rothschild is so far recovering well from her injuries: "Happily, Nina is indeed getting stronger by the day," Mr Rothschild said.
“Intellectually she is clear on events from 30 years ago and from three days ago and I attribute that to the excellent care of the trauma team at NYP-Weill Cornell who knew to relieve the increased intracranial pressure immediately upon her arrival at the hospital.
“She has not yet gotten out of bed,” he added, “so questions of coordination and balance remain currently unanswered.”
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