A 55-year-old Muslim woman was attacked by a stranger on a Queens train after he repeatedly asked her, “Where are you from?” police said Thursday.
The victim was on a westbound E train entering the 75th Ave. station on
Queens Blvd. in Glen Oaks around 4 a.m. Wednesday, when Naved Durrni, 34, approached her, cops said.
“Where are you from?” Durrni, who was wearing a surgical mask, asked as he pestered her with questions. “Who are you? Are you Muslim?”
When the woman said she was Muslim, Durrni punched her in the face, leaving her with bruises to her eye and neck, cops said. She was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries.
Durrni fled the station and was apprehended about a mile away at Kew Gardens Road and 126th St., cops said.
Police charged him with assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment.
His arraignment in Queens Criminal Court was pending Thursday.
