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A robbery at an apparent gambling den in the basement of a Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn turned deadly when one of the suspect’s stabbed a good Samaritan who.
CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) A 23-year-old Brooklyn man isn t facing hate crime charges after all after he allegedly stabbed an Asian man in the back because he told police he didn t like the way he looked at him.
According to the criminal complaint, 23-year-old Salman Muflihi is charged with second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Police initially indicated that the attack may have been racially motivated, but the Manhattan District Attorney s Office declined to prosecute the stabbing as a hate crime.
Investigators have nothing so far to indicate the defendant ever saw the victim s face prior to the attack, a law enforcement official told ABC News.
A suspect is in custody after police said he knifed an Asian man in an unprovoked attack in Chinatown the latest in a string of attacks against the Asian.