An Asian worker was punched in the face at a Midtown food market Wednesday afternoon, according to a witness and police.
The attack happened just around 1:45 p.m. inside the Japanese grocery, Sunrise Mart at 12 E. 41st St. near Bryant Park, a witness and police said.
The man was acting erratic and sucker-punched the female manager when she asked him to leave since he wasn’t wearing a mask, cops said.
Police collared the man shortly after and he was being processed in the Midtown South Precinct Wednesday afternoon.
Police were not considering the incident a hate crime since no words were exchanged.
One of the cashiers, Julie, told The Post, “A guy came in without wearing a mask, and one of my co-workers told him to put on a mask and… he basically told her he doesn’t want to.”
“Our manager approaches him like trying to get him out of the store,” she said.
“He punches her in the face.”
“I was kind of like panicking at that time because I didn’t expect that to happen,” the worker said, adding she was “frightened.”
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