Stranger grabs man from NYC train and hits him

A man was dragged off a subway train by a stranger in Manhattan over the weekend and punched multiple times in the face, police officers said.

The 26-year-old victim was on a southbound No. 4 train at 7:45 a.m. Saturday when a stranger walked up to him and grabbed his jacket collar, police officers said.

“Where are you looking?” asked the suspect, a police spokeswoman said.

As the train pulled into the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall subway station, “the stranger dragged the victim to the platform floor and punched him several times in the face,” police officers said.

The attacker fled on foot. The victim was taken to a local hospital and treated for bruising and swelling on his right eye and cheek, police said.

Police released surveillance video of the suspect.

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