Cops release photo of female accused of kicking pregnant woman in stomach, striking her head multiple times in NYC subway

New York City police are on the hunt for a female accused of kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach and striking her in the head multiple times with a cell phone following a Wednesday morning subway ride in Queens.

What are the details?

Cops said the victim — a 25-year-old woman — was riding a southbound 7 train approaching the 74th Street-Broadway station in Jackson Heights around 9 a.m. when the female suspect bumped into her, WNYW-TV reported.

When the suspect and victim got off the train, they began to argue, and the suspect allegedly struck the victim multiple times in the head with her cell phone before kicking the victim in the stomach, the station said.

The suspect fled the scene on foot, WNYW said.

Police said the victim suffered swelling and bruising to the face and stomach pain and was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the station said.

The victim and her baby are expected to be OK, police added to WPIX-TV.

Police released a photo of the accused attacker, Patch noted:

Police said those with information regarding this incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), WNYW reported, adding that tips can be submitted on the Crime Stoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips. The station said all calls are strictly confidential.

How are folks reacting?

As you might guess, observers are hoping the attacker is found and prosecuted. Here's what some of them had to say in comments underneath the WNYW story published by Yahoo News:

• "She should get double charges ... for the victim and the unborn," one commenter wrote.
• "She deserves some really bad karma if she damaged that baby," another commenter said.
• "If that baby is considered alive in that state, that needs to be treated as though it is an attempted murder," another commenter declared.
• "Amazing that we live in a society that thinks behaving like animals is justified," another commenter noted. "Striking other human beings, especially a pregnant one, is beyond the pale."

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