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Three brutes bashed a Manhattan newsstand proprietor within the head and left him “lined in blood” throughout a day theft the place they snagged lottery tickets and money, the seller stated.
The masked males stormed inside Abul Hossain’s Upper East Side newsstand at round 2:30 p.m. and unloaded punches on the unassuming 67-year-old vendor.
“I used to be consuming my lunch after they got here in and simply began punching me,” Hossain advised The Post. “They punched me within the head again and again.
“There was no time to battle again,” he added. “I didn’t say something to them, I simply yelled ‘assist, assist!’”
The crew snatched up about $3,000 in money — many of the week’s lottery takings — and rolls of scratch-offs, however Hossain stated he hasn’t had the possibility to find out simply how a lot they had been price.
Hossain stated he was “lined in blood” after the assault — and he was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital in secure situation with a reduce on his head, cops stated.
He spent about 5 hours within the hospital and returned to the newsstand on 79th Street and First Avenue Wednesday morning.
“Yesterday this was all stuffed with blood and tousled,” Hossain stated as he gestured towards the within of the newsstand.
He spent the complete day cleansing his newsstand, he stated, however blood nonetheless remained on the partitions and on Hossain’s paperwork binders Thursday.
Hossain advised The Post he by no means frightened about locking the newsstand door behind him however will be sure it’s secured after his traumatic ordeal ordeal.
Asked how he was feeling, the daddy of three who moved from Bangladesh to New York 21 years in the past broke down in tears.
“I really feel… I really feel… I’m very upset,” he stated. “I’ve been on this location seven years and I’ve by no means been attacked.”
A doorman at a close-by constructing, John Chess, advised The Post he has identified Hossain for the complete time he’s owned the newsstand.
“He’s a pleasant man. A daily man,” stated Chess, including that he will get Hossain a coffee most mornings as a result of he can’t depart his publish.
“They robbed him. They opened his door, rushed inside, hit him, grabbed all the cash and lottery tickets,” Chess recounted.
“It’s out of the extraordinary for this space,” he added of the vicious crime. “I’ve labored right here for 21 years, and often issues occur round 86th Street – not often over right here.”
No arrests had been made in connection to the mugging by Thursday, cops stated.
