arrested after he allegedly smeared human faeces on a woman's face on a subway platform last week, police have said.Frank Abrokwa, 37, reportedly approached a 43-year-old woman who was sitting on her own in a subway station in The Bronx.According to police reports, Abrokwa hit the unsuspecting victim in the face and the back of her head with human faeces before fleeing the scene.It is not clear whether the faeces was his, New York Post reports.
The 37-year-old was charged on Monday (February 28) with forcible touching, disorderly conduct and harassment. At a press conference on Monday Mayor Eric Adams slammed the attack as a "horrific experience for anyone to go through".“Human waste or someone spitting in your face, those are real signs of mental health issues… and we really must dig into how we’re dealing with these mental health issues,” the mayor said.It comes after a health worker was savagely attacked and robbed as she travelled home from work on the New York subway in an unrelated incident.Dr.
Nina Rothschild, a scientist at New York’s Department of Health, was kicked down a flight of stairs as she entered the New York subway’s Queens Plaza Station on the evening of last Thursday (February 24).The attacker then pulled out a hammer and repeatedly hit Dr.
Rothschild in the head thirteen times, according to a police report, before taking two mobile phones, and a purse containing a quantity of cash and bank cards.Police have arrested 57-year-old William Blount in connection with the vicious attack.
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