August 19, 2016
NY Trans Woman Attacked With Hammer in Possible Hate Crime
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A transgender woman was attacked by a hammer-wielding man in New York early Wednesday morning and police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime, local ABC affiliate station WABC reports.
The 28-year-old victim was walking down a sidewalk in Queens, N.Y. when the assailant approached her from behind. Before allegedly hitting her in the head with a hammer, he yelled, "This is what you get for being gay."
The woman was sent to the hospital and treated for serious injures. She has since been released. WABC reports the attacker has not been caught.
