Police are looking for whoever attacked a 41-year-old girl, sexually assaulting her in Central Park early Sunday morning.
Investigators stated the assault occurred round 3 a.m. close to 59th Road and West Drive. The lady was taken to a close-by hospital and is predicted to bodily recuperate.
No arrests have been made.
Authorities consider the attacker was a stranger.
Police are in search of a person described as 25 to 30-years-old with a medium construct who was carrying a white jersey and black shorts on the time of the assault.
On West Drive later within the day, parkgoers had been horrified by phrase of the assault.
“Truthfully I’m in shock,” stated Veroonika Tamm, who simply moved to Midtown from Copenhagen.
“In Europe, often issues like this don’t occur. You possibly can go to the park on a regular basis and there’s no issues… every thing was tremendous secure all the time.”
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“That’s insane,” added Michael Cummings of Washington Heights. “Since you all the time consider Central Park as being someplace that’s so secure. Solar’s happening, lights are on, I’ve zero issues,” he stated. “I imply I do even have the privilege of being a person on this society.”
Some guests stated the violence would change how they use the park at night time.
“I attempt to keep away from coming within the night time, to be trustworthy. I keep away at night time,” stated Prangeli Parse of Midtown.
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