The NYPD has been slow to classify the attacks as hate crimes. Asian Americans - we work hard and were raised to work hard. This attack is being done by a very small bad actor, said rallygoer Van Le.
A solidarity walk was held Saturday night in Chinatown, organized by SafeWalks, to show further support for the Asian community. We are definitely here to help, in what way we are still finding out, said SafeWalks volunteer Jen Goma.
The SafeWalks group was founded just last month by Peter Kerre from Brooklyn to keep locals safe after several women were attacked near his home in Bushwick. Now his focus is on Chinatown after four assaults on Asians.
Hundreds from across New York City and the Tri-State showed up in Washington Square Park on Saturday to denounce recent crimes against Asians in New York City and show support for the Asian community.
the evening as if nothing happened. but, of course, that couldn t be further from the reality because this morning was very chaotic and bloody indeed. two suicide bombers detonating their suicide belts on this metro station here in lubyanko in the center of moscow and another station on the same line a short distance away killing 38 people in total and another 63 people still in hospital. some of them, as you can imagine with very grave injuries, indeed. there has been no claim of responsibility for the attacks. we had information earlier, but it was incorrect. but the authorities are saying clearly that they believe this to be the work of rebels from the very volatile north caucasus region of russia, the chech ken republic. that s where the focus of the investigation now is looking. tony? okay, matthew chance for us. appreciate it. thank you. we will explain more about the
they ve landed claim in the caucasus mountains for a long time. russian president boris yeltsin sent in troops. two years later the forces withdrew. russia and chechnya declared cease-fire. a second war followed from 1999 to 2009, killing an estimated 15,000 russian soldiers. many of the ireporters moved quickly after the attacks. streaming pictures. and video over the internet. this ireporter arrived on the scene minutes after the blasts. and also some images, and filed this report. reaction to the moscow subway attacks is firing up social media. go to twitter, top trending
attacks took place. from the north caucasus region. 38 people killed. more than 60 people laid up in hospital a short distance from here. some of them with very critical, very grave injuries indeed, as you can imagine. and matthew, any claim of responsibility that is credible at this point? reporter: no. there hasn t been. we had some information earlier, which were reported that there had been a claim of responsibility. but that was incorrect. there has been no claim of responsibility for these attacks. but let me be clear, the authorities are absolutely certain, they say, that this is the work of separatists from chechnya from the north caucasus. they said there could be accomplices around the city right now and possibly attacks in the future. matthew, thank you. russia s conflict with chechnya is a long-standing one.