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Man arrested for the violent hate-crime beating of an Asian woman in N.Y., police say

In a surveillance video released by police, the suspect is shown punching the victim in the face and head more than 125 times. He is being charged with attempted murder.
A screen grab from the surveillance video that recorded an attack on a woman of Asian descent in Yonkers, N.Y., on March 11. The 42-year-old male suspect has been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of assault as a hate crime.

A New York man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after police say he violently punched a woman of Asian descent more than 125 times and allegedly used a racial slur against her, according to the Yonkers Police Department.

The victim, a 67-year-old woman

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