NYPD: Man Attacked Seven Asian women In Manhattan in Just Two Hours

NEW YORK CITY: The NYPD on Tuesday released video of a suspect wanted for a disturbing rash of hate crimes against Asian women. 

Each of the attacks were from midtown down to the Nolita neighborhood, according to police.

The victims were all women, and in five of the attacks, the man punched the victim in the face.

The first victim, a 57-year-old woman, was attacked near Madison Avenue and East 30th Street, according to police.

The man approached her and punched her in the face without any provocation or interaction beforehand, and then ran off.

Ten minutes later, police said another call came in about an assault on an Asian woman near Fifth Avenue and East 30th Street.

In that incident, the suspect attacked a 25-year-old Asian woman, hitting her in the face and in the back of her arm, according to police.

The next attack, which police received a call about just five minutes later, occurred in the Flatiron District near Park Avenue South and East 23 Street, police said.

The suspect punched a 21-year-old woman in the face, before moving over to the Gramercy section to attack two more women.

A all came in about a 19-year-old woman getting elbowed in the face near Union Square East and East 17 Street.

A 25-year-old woman was punched in the face near Irving Place and East 17 Street, police said.