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Iain Forrest was playing his electric cello at the 34th Street Herald Square Station in NYC when he was randomly attacked. Police arrested Amira Hunter and charged her with assault.
Iain Forrest, a subway cellist in New York City, announced he will be ceasing his performances in stations following a recent assault, wherein he was struck in the head with a metal bottle. “This marks the second attack I’ve endured in less than a year while performing for New Yorkers in subway stations,” Forrest wrote. Yesterday, I was attacked in the NYC subway.