A group of men walked into a Coney Island bodega and used a racial slur while looking for the store's owner, Jamal Sawaid. One attacker then began hitting Sawaid with a metal pipe while others threw items into the fray.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Police are investigating the beating of a Coney Island deli owner as a hate crime, according to an update on the attack issued by the NYPD.
“He was inside, a gentleman walked in and said, ‘Where’s the sand n*****?’” said Marie Shahzada, Sawaid’s wife. “He thought it was a joke and he said ‘I’m here.’” The beating left Sawaid bruised and bloodied. He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital, where he received staples in his head and stitches to close his lip, which had been ripped open.Sawaid, originally from Yemen, has been in the U.S. for 28 years. He has run businesses from that location on Mermaid Avenue since 2000, operating a car service before converting it to a deli and smoke shop in 2013.
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