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Video: 92-year-old woman hits head on fire hydrant in apparent random attack in Manhattan

Video: 92-year-old woman hits head on fire hydrant in random attack in Manhattan
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A 92-year-old woman was shoved and hit her head in an apparent random attack in Manhattan earlier this month.

It happened on June 12 just before 3:30 p.m. along Third Avenue between 15th and 16th streets in Gramercy Park, police said.

Surveillance video released by police showed the suspect shove the woman as she walked past him on the street.

The woman fell to the ground and struck her head on a fire hydrant, police said.

She was taken to the hospital for treatment.

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