NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police on Friday released a photo of three women who allegedly hit a woman in the head on a Queens MTA bus and said they "hate white people" in an incident being investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force.
Around 6:50 p.m. on Saturday, three passengers approached the 57-year-old victim while she was riding the southbound Q52 bus at Jamaica Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard in Woodhaven and struck her in the head with an unknown object, causing a laceration and bleeding, according to police.
The NYPD said they also made anti-white statements.
The victim told police that her attackers said, "I hate white people ... the way they talk," sources told the Daily News on Thursday.
The 57-year-old was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition, where she received 3 staples on her head as a result of her injuries, police said.
Cops said the suspects fled on foot and have not been arrested.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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