MIDTOWN EAST — A group of people yelled anti-gay slurs and attacked a 27-year-old woman as she was eating dinner with her mother at a Second Avenue restaurant over the weekend, the NYPD said.
Police are investigating it as a possible hate crime.
The victim and her 46-year-old mother were eating at BarKogi, a Korean fusion restaurant at 957 Second Ave., near East 50th Street, when three strangers sitting nearby started shouting obscenities and anti-gay comments at the pair just after 1 a.m. on Sept. 12, police said
The strangers, a man and two women, then threw the victim to the ground and dragged her across the floor by her legs, causing cuts and bruises on her knees, according to authorities.
The group of attackers then fled the restaurant. The victim was taken to NYU Langone Medical Center for treatment, police said.
The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident, authorities said.
Surveillance footage from outside the restaurant depict the three suspects, including a balding and bearded man in his 40s, standing roughly 5-foot-8 and wearing a long-sleeved shirt and jeans.
One woman is described as being in her mid 30s, standing roughly 5-foot-7, with dirty blonde hair and wearing a light shirt, black pants and light colored high-heel boots.
Police describe the second woman as being in her mid 30s, standing roughly 5-foot-7, with long, wavy black hair and wearing a white tank top, black pants and black high-heel boots.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit tips on the website.
