Attacks on Asians – February 2022

~ Milpitas, CA
~ 59 year old woman
~ Tuyet Phan

Investigators have begun unraveling a gruesome murder in a Milpitas mobile home park after the body of missing 59-year-old Tuyet Phan was discovered buried in a makeshift backyard grave and her neighbor was charged with the stunning murder.

~ NYC
~ 53 year old Korean man
~ walking

The assault unfolded near the corner of East 35th Street and Fifth Avenue as the 53-year-old diplomat was walking with a friend at 8:10 p.m., according to the New York City Police Department.

~ NYC
~ in home
~ murder
~ 35 year old Asian woman
~ Christina Yuna Lee

The landlord of a New York City woman who was brutally murdered on Sunday says her accused killer “mercilessly stalked” his victim up six flights of stairs before he quietly slipped into her apartment and stabbed her to death.

“There is real fear right now in Chinatown.” – Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President

~ Albuquerque
~ spa
~ 55 year old Taiwanese woman
~ Mary Ye
~ murder

For the second time in under four weeks, an Asian woman was murdered while working at a massage studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The victim has been identified as Mary Ye, a Taiwanese mother of two in her fifties. Around 11:00pm on Tuesday, February 15, Albuquerque police found Ye dead on the floor.

~ Oakland
~ Sitting on a bench
~ Asian Woman and Man
~ Shoved to the ground at gunpoint

An Asian-owned business owner is speaking out about a brazen daytime assault and robbery at gunpoint outside his building in Oakland’s Little Saigon neighborhood. Two suspects can be seen approaching a couple on a bench in the area of 9th and International Boulevard Wednesday around midday. You can hear in the video, the suspects demand the couple’s wallet and purse. The female victim even yells out, asking for her ID back. The male victim is knocked to the ground while the suspects run off and you can hear screeching tires.

~ St. Paul
~ Driving
~ 34 year old Asian woman
~ Yuliya Li
~ Shot to death

A 15-year-old has been arrested in the “random,” fatal shooting of a 34-year-old businesswoman in her vehicle in St. Paul last week, reports Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Julia (Yuliya) Li was driving in the Payne-Phalen area when the “suspect opened fire, taking her life,” police spokesman Steve Linders stated on Tuesday, February 22.

~ NYC
~ going to work
~ Asian man
~ beaten

An Asian American dancer was allegedly attacked while he was on his way to perform at The Public Theater in New York City. “His glasses were broken, his eye was bruised, and he was kicked multiple times,” The Public Theater shared to their official Twitter account. “Because he couldn’t see well, he couldn’t perform his role but insisted instead on playing one of the instruments, and the group insisted the performance go on as planned.”

~ NYC
~ 57 year old Asian woman at 110 Madison Ave 630pm
~ 25 year old Asian woman at Irving Pl & E 17 St 640pm
~ 25 year old Asian woman at 308 5th Ave 640pm
~ 21 year old Asian woman at 304 Park Ave 645pm
~ 19 year old Asian woman at 32 Union Sq East 7pm
~ 25 year old Asian woman elbowed in mouth 725pm E Houston and Mott Sts.
~ 20 year old Asian woman shoved to ground at 837pm at Broadway & E 8 St.

7 Asian women punched in their faces, elbowed, shoved by the same suspect within 2 hours on Sunday in Midtown Manhattan. All unprovoked. Suspect is in 20s, 5’10”, 190lbs, short blonde hair. @NYPDHateCrimes is investigating.

~ NYC
~ 34 year old Asian man
~ slashed twice across the face
~ standing in front of motel

source: CeFaan Kim
34-year old Asian man slashed twice across the face while standing in front of Flushing Motel on Linden Place in Queens. Unprovoked attack happened yesterday 930pm. Suspect fled. Hate crimes has been notified.