Man suspected in string of attacks on women in Brooklyn arrested
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A man suspected in a string of assaults against women in Brooklyn is now under arrest and facing multiple charges.
Khari Covington, 29, is charged with seven counts for attacks in the subway system at least five took place at the same station at Morgan Avenue.
He is also facing two counts of attempted robberies outside the subway.
Covington lives at a homeless shelter two blocks from the train station.
In each instance, a woman in her 20s or 30s was randomly attacked and punched in the head.
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The victim says her back and neck are bruised and swollen.
Another victim, Bianca Fortis, was pummeled last week. I don t know what justice looks like in this situation because I don t know anything about the alleged attacker but I do hope that he gets whatever help that he needs, Fortis said.
Sources say he was targeting light-skinned women.
One victim attacked in the Morgan Avenue subway station said she is traumatized from the attack. He didn t say a word, just started punching me, like randomly beating me up, victim Manal Guennad told Eyewitness News on Monday. All I was thinking was, Scream. Someone has to hear you. Someone must be around. Like, just scream as loud as you can.
The victim says her back and neck are bruised and swollen.
Another victim, Bianca Fortis, was pummeled last week. I don t know what justice looks like in this situation because I don t know anything about the alleged attacker but I do hope that he gets whatever help that he needs, Fortis said.
Sources say he was targeting light-skinned women.
One victim attacked in the Morgan Avenue subway station said she is traumatized from the attack. He didn t say a word, just started punching me, like randomly beating me up, victim Manal Guennad told Eyewitness News on Monday. All I was thinking was, Scream. Someone has to hear you. Someone must be around. Like, just scream as loud as you can.
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A New York man has been charged with hate crimes over a series of attacks on women.
Since August, Brooklyn resident Khari Covington, 29, has been accused of attacking nine different women seven of whom were on the subway, according to the NYPD. The attacks occurred in the East Williamsburg neighborhood, close to the homeless shelter where he lives, police said.
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Khari Covington, 29, has been charged with seven counts for attacks to women in the subway system and two counts of attempted robberies outside the subway.