A hate-fueled attacker pummeled a young man for wearing a turban and a face mask on an MTA bus in Queens over the weekend, police said.
“We don’t wear that in this country,” the creep snarled, adding, “And take that mask off!” before he repeatedly punched the 19-year-old man in the head, face and back.
The suspect then tried, and failed, to snatch the victim’s turban off his head, cops said.
The shocking attack took place at around 9 a.m. Sunday on an MTA shuttle bus near 118th Street and Liberty Avenue in the Little Guyana neighborhood, authorities said.
The victim suffered a minor cut and pain, according to cops. He refused medical attention at the scene.
The stranger who attacked him ran off the bus after the assault and fled in an unknown direction on Liberty Avenue.
The NYPD released surveillance images early Monday of the suspect wearing a yellow winter coat, in the hopes of identifying him.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.