A man wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with an Iranian flag shouted “F—ing Jews!” as he punched three strangers in the face in a hate-fueled attack on a Brooklyn street, police sources said Monday.
The three victims — Jewish men dressed in traditional Hasidic garb, ages 48, 38 and 21 — were confronted near Throop Ave. and Gerry St. in Williamsburg about 6:40 p.m. Friday. Each of them was punched in the face as the attacker yelled out his bigoted remarks, police said.
Andrzej Wnuk, 41, was arrested shortly after and charged with assault and menacing as a hate crime as well as aggravated harassment.
Wnuk lives in Ridgewood, Queens and has no prior arrests, according to police. He was ordered held on $20,000 bond during his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court Saturday.
Through March 31, 80 of the 146 hate crime incidents reported citywide have been labeled anti-Semitic, NYPD statistics show.