Woman wearing scrubs sought in choking attack on MTA bus in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, New York City (WABC) -- The search is on for a woman behind a violent attack on an MTA bus in Brooklyn.

Surveillance video shows the suspect at the 86th Street R subway station after the attack on November 14 aboard an S-79 bus.

The woman is accused of punching a 67-year-old woman in the chest, then wrapping her hands around the victim's neck and choking her.

She was last seen wearing green medical scrub pants.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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