New York City police were investigating on yesterday Sunday
Jan. 17th an assault on a man who was pummeled by suspects shouting "ISIS,
ISIS," leaving him with bruises on his head and face, authorities said.
The 43-year-old man was attacked while walking with a nine-year-old girl in the
Bronx around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the New York City Police
Department.
He was punched several times in the head, knocked down and
kicked, police said. The victim, whose name was not given, was treated for
injuries at a hospital and released.
He had been wearing a shalwar kameez, a traditional South
Asian outfit featuring a long tunic, the New York Times reported.
The attack comes amid increasing anxiety in the United
States over the threat posed by Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which has
claimed responsibility for militant attacks around the world.
A Muslim couple inspired by the group killed 14 people on
Dec. 2 in San Bernardino, California, just weeks after gunmen linked to Islamic
State killed 130 people in Paris.
No one was immediately arrested in the New York assault,
which is under investigation by the police department's Hate Crime Task Force,
the agency said in a statement on Saturday.
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