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Woman Slams Glass Bottle Over Stranger's Head in the Bronx: Police

A woman attacked a stranger from behind with a glass bottle, cutting her head, police said Sunday. 

Surveillance video was released to help determine the identity of the attacker.

On the morning of April 3, the 47-year-old victim was walking on 242nd Street in the Bronx when a woman she did not recognize came up from behind and hit the back of her head with a glass bottle, police said. She fell to the ground while the attacker ran away.

The victim was treated for her head injury at a local hospital, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

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