Manhattan police are searching for a suspect who allegedly punched two women after yelling racial slurs at them inside a Lower East Side deli last month.
According to law enforcement sources, the victims, ages 27 and 28, were inside the sandwich shop located at 81 Rivington St. at around 4:05 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, when the attack occurred. The women were in line to place their order when the suspect, unknown to both victims, began rattling off remarks about their race and gender.
What the suspect said exactly was not revealed, but police sources confirmed the bigoted suspect made anti-Black and anti-Hispanic slurs at both women.
After spewing the hateful remarks, the suspect then punched both women in the face and fled the shop in a dark-colored SUV before officers from the 7th Precin

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