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Man Punched in Head in Williamsburg Sidewalk Attack: NYPD

A man ran up to a small group of people standing on the sidewalk in Williamsburg, punched one of them in the head and ran off, video shows. 

The victim Jewish and wearing a shtreimel, a fur hat worn by some Hasidic Jewish men, but police weren't investigating it as a hate crime. 

The victim, a 32-year-old man, was standing on Throop Avenue at Wallabout Street at 6:40 p.m. Friday when he was attacked, police said. 

Video shows a man running up from behind and punching him in the head, then running away. 

Police said the attacker yelled "BLAH!" 

The investigation is ongoing. 

Last weekend, a boy wearing Hasidic clothing was beaten by a man in an apparently unprovoked attack just a block from Friday's attack, police say.

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