UPDATED Wed. Nov. 19 2013 1 20p EST (CBS) NEW YORK A new and brutal game that appears to be gaining popularity among some teens has targeted victims in several cities reports CBS New York.
It's called knockout.
The game consists of a person sneaking up on a random victim and trying to knock them out typically with a punch.
According to CBS New York Jews in Brooklyn have been targeted in a series of attacks the latest victim being a 78 year old woman from Midwood.
The victim's daughter told the station her mother was attacked in broad daylight by a young man who hit her with his fist on the top of her head then ran away without taking anything from her.
She had her purse she had bags from department stores. There was not even an attempt to take anything from her. It was just a wanton act to hurt another human being the daughter said.
Videos of similar attacks have emerged from several cities including London and Pittsburgh.
The victim in Pittsburgh was reportedly a 50 year old teacher and a 15 year old was charged with assault in the case.
In a September attack Ralph Santiago 46 of Hoboken N.J. died after his head was slammed into an iron fence. The attack was caught on video and three were arrested. They were 13 and 14 years old.
CBS affiliate KMOV reports a 23 year old Metro East college student in St. Louis Mo. said she was viciously punched in the face while walking in the street early Monday morning. The woman whose identity was not released suffered a double fracture on the bone under her left eye and will need surgery.
In Washington DC Phoebe Connolly told ABC affiliate WLJA she was punched in the face by a teen while riding her bike in Columbia Heights. She said she suffered from bloody nose but is otherwise okay.
The woman in the Midwood attack did not report the incident because she thought it was an isolated incident according to her daughter.
State Assemblyman Dov Hikind told the station It's 'knockout ' and it happens to be a Jew in each and every case.
Other knockout attack victims in Brooklyn include a 20 year old man from Israel and a 12 year old boy who was attacked on his way to Hebrew school.
An assistant police chief reportedly said more police have been deployed since the attacks began in October. In a community meeting between black and Jews in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood many present reportedly said young African Americans need to be educated about bias crimes.
Hikind urged authorities to catch those responsible in the attacks and show them this is not at game at all reported CBS New York.
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