Stranger drags woman, 25, from New York subway bench in unprovoked attack: police officers

A stranger pulled a 25-year-old woman by the neck from a Brooklyn subway bank this week in an unprovoked attack — one of three random attacks announced by the NYPD overnight.

The woman was sitting on the bench on the southbound No. 2 platform at Grand Army Plaza station around 12:45 a.m. Sunday when five people approached her from behind, authorities said.

The crew surrounded the victim and one of them pulled her off the bench by the neck without warning, police officers said. She was treated on site by EMS.

The NYPD released surveillance photos late Tuesday showing the five suspects on the subway platform.

The senseless attack was followed by another just three days earlier in Manhattan, when a thug ran up the street at random and knocked a 69-year-old man to the ground, police said.

The victim was walking on East 14th Street near First Avenue in the East Village around 9:50 p.m. on December 1 when he was struck in the right side of the head – causing him to be face down fell to the ground, police officers said.

As he tried to get up, another heartless attacker came up behind him and kicked him in the back, causing him to fall again, authorities said.

The strangers then ran away and headed south on First Avenue.

The victim suffered head, leg and hand injuries and was taken to Mount Sinai Beth Israel, where his condition was said to be stable.

The suspects are both around 25 years old and 5ft 9 tall with medium complexion, police officers said.

One of them was described as slight and with a mustache, last seen wearing a black watch cap, black jacket, gray sweatpants, gray sneakers and a backpack. The other weighs about 250 pounds, has a large build and a chin strap style beard. Most recently, he wore a black durag, black jacket, blue jeans and gray sneakers.

In a separate unprovoked attack on November 10, a 48-year-old man was walking on Park Avenue South near East 30th Street in Kips Bay at around 5:20 p.m. when a stranger suddenly hit him in the head with a brick, the authorities said.

The male suspect – seen in a photo released by police late Tuesday – fled west on East 30th Street.

The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition with swelling and a laceration to the head, police officers said.

The suspects in all three cases were still at large as of Wednesday.