Police search for attacker who slashed woman in face in Brooklyn

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (WABC) -- The NYPD has released a photo of a robber wanted for a slashing attack in Brooklyn.

The man attacked a 31-year-old woman Sunday morning as she was walking in the vicinity of Boerum Street and White Street in Williamsburg.
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The woman told police the attacker approached and said, "You pretty. Are you scared?", then slashed her face and stole her purse.

The woman's gash needed 40 stitches to close.
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