Suspect sought for attacks targeting Asian women in Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY -- Police are searching for a suspect who is targeting Asian women in separate incidents in Manhattan.

A man wielding a hard object wrapped in a white plastic bag has smacked at least three victims in the face.

Police are treating this as bias, racial attacks. They believe one African American man is targeting Asian women, hitting them on the head, then running away.

The NYPD released these accounts of the incidents:

1) On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at 4:15 p.m., the victim, a 35-year-old Asian female, was sitting in the vicinity of 155 Grand Street when the suspect attempted to strike up a conversation with the her. The victim ignored him, and the suspect left. Moments later, the suspect returned with a white plastic bag, containing a hard object. The suspect then struck the victim in the cheek/chin area and then fled the scene. The victim was removed to NY Downtown Hospital where she was treated and released.

2) On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at 9:20 p.m., the victim, a 29-year-old Asian female, was walking down Park Avenue, in the vicinity of East 30 Street when the suspect walked past her and waited at the corner. When the victim reached the corner, the suspect struck her in the face with a white plastic bag containing a hard object. The victim was removed to NYU Hospital where she was treated and released.

3) On Friday, June 12, 2015, shortly after midnight, the victim, a 34-year-old Asian female, was walking in the vicinity of 2 Avenue and East 60 Street, when the suspect walked up to her and struck her in the forehead with a white plastic bag containing a hard object. The victim was removed to New York Hospital where she was treated and released.

"The guy just comes from behind, and then tried talking to me," said one 34-year-old victim.

The victim has stitches above her left eye - a swollen, painful reminder of the vicious attack.

The victims claim he either tried to talk to them or ask for a phone number.

Anyone with information in regards to any of these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.