NYU student slapped from behind, thrown to ground in random attack caught on video

A New York University (NYU) assemblage pupil was allegedly assaulted connected the mode to people successful a shocking surveillance video. 

Amelia Lewis recounted the incidental Monday successful 2 videos posted to her societal media account, describing however a antheral followed her crossed the thoroughfare arsenic she was walking down Broadway earlier slapping her from behind.

"When I turned around, I saw this old, White feline and, similar close erstwhile I turned around, helium similar grabbed my f---- hairsbreadth similar this and similar yanked maine and threw maine to the ground," said Lewis.

A radical of girls is past seen successful the footage helping her up aft she was knocked disconnected her feet.

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NYU pupil Amelia Lewis was allegedly assaulted connected her mode to class. (Screenshot: X/Amelia Lewis)

Lewis said the surveillance video was obtained by a person of hers from a adjacent liquor store. She described the assailant arsenic a gangly antheral with agelong brownish hairsbreadth and a agelong brownish beard, wearing grey sweatpants, a achromatic puffer overgarment and a bluish towel astir his neck.

The assemblage pupil said she sent the video to NYU security, who said they were forwarding the footage to police.

"I conscionable truly privation to stress however not OK this is. I americium a pupil astatine NYU. I should not beryllium frightened to beryllium walking the thoroughfare to spell to my 9:30 a.m. class. These radical are disgusting, and they should not beryllium capable to beryllium walking astir the thoroughfare freely targeting girls and doing this. Cause I heard that this feline did this a period ago," Lewis said successful the video.

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New York University’s field buildings are seen successful Greenwich Village, New York City, connected July 7, 2024. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"I'm honestly inactive successful shock, but I'm much enraged that things similar this are capable to hap successful this metropolis and we truly request to bash thing astir it due to the fact that this is unacceptable," she continued. "This conscionable shows that you truly request to bespeak connected who you're voting for and supporting close present due to the fact that New York needs help, and we're conscionable not getting the assistance we need, and this is crazy."

The NYPD did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for remark connected the presumption of the fishy oregon the complaint.

The Empire State Building towers supra different mostly bare bureau buildings connected March 4, 2021, successful New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Lewis warned different women astatine the assemblage to beryllium cautious and alert portion walking astir the city.

"That was honestly similar the scariest acquisition of my life," she said. "I ne'er thought this was going to hap to maine conscionable cuz I've seen the stories, and I was like, ohio that's truthful scary, but having it really hap now, it's similar ohio my god."