yao pan ma attack
Screengrab from a video from the NYPD showing an attack on a 61-year-old Asian man in Harlem, New York, on April 23, 2021.
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  • Yao Pan Ma, 61, was attacked in Harlem, New York, last Friday.
  • Video shows the attacker stomping on Ma's head repeatedly as he lay on the street.
  • As of Monday, Ma was in critical but stable condition. Police are still looking for the attacker.
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A 61-year-old Asian man was in critical condition after a brutal attack in Harlem, New York City, according to local reports.

Video released by the New York Police Department shows Yao Pan Ma being struck from behind, knocked to the ground, and having his head stomped on repeatedly.

Ma was walking with a shopping cart full of cans and bottles when the attack occurred, CBS New York and the New York Daily News reported.

The attack took place around 8:20 p.m. on Friday, according to the NYPD.

Surveillance video shows the attacker stomping on Ma's head repeatedly before running away, as Ma lay on the street.

The NYPD later released clearer images of the suspect, who was was wearing a red and black baseball cap, a dark jacket, dark pants, and white sneakers.

They referred to the suspect as a male.

As of Sunday, Ma was placed in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator, CBS New York and the New York Daily News reported, citing his family.

As of Monday, he was in critical but stable condition, The New York Times reported.

Ma's wife, Baozhen Chen, told CBS New York that the couple moved from China in 2018. She said Ma worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant in Chinatown before losing his job in the coronavirus pandemic.

He started collecting recyclable items on the street in September to support his family, Chen told the New York Daily News.

"He is a kind person. He is not the type to cause trouble," Chen told the New York Daily News.

"I feel very unsafe and I am very worried that my husband is not going to make it," she added.

As of Tuesday morning, the police were still searching for the attacker.

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City called the attack "outrageous" in a Saturday tweet, adding: "Make no mistake, we will find the perpetrator and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

As of Tuesday morning a fundraiser for Ma's family has raised more than $345,000. The campaign was created on Monday.

The attack on Ma comes amid a wave of attacks on Asians in the US. Last month, a 65-year-old Filipina American woman was insulted and attacked in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in New York City

The police said the attacker told the woman: "F--- you. You don't belong here," according to the New York Daily News.

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