Moment girl assaults cellist taking part in in NYC subway station with bottle
- Iain Forrest, 27, was performing on the Herald Square station when an unidentified girl attacked him
- The medical scholar was additionally attacked in June as he performed in Times Square
A cellist was bludgeoned over the top by a stranger wielding a water bottle as he carried out within the New York City subway the day earlier than Valentine’s Day.
Iain Forrest, 27, a medical scholar and musician, was taking part in his electrical cello on the thirty fourth Street Herald Square Station on the night of February 13.
In a surprising second caught on video, an unidentified girl strode over, picked up the steel water bottle he’d set on the bottom and smashed it over his head.
The bottle clattered to the bottom as Forrest clutched his head in ache.
Forrest wrote on X, previously Twitter, that the girl fled the station and escaped into a close-by Macy’s, the place she evaded metropolis police.
Iain Forrest, 27, was taking part in electrical cello in a Manhattan subway station when an unidentified girl bludgeoned him over the top with a steel water bottle
The medical scholar and performer was attacked on the night of February 13 on the thirty fourth Street Herald Square Station. Forrest stated the girl fled the station and escaped into a close-by Macy’s, evading NYPD officers
Forrest is wrapping up his MD-PHD research at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine
‘This marks the second assault I’ve endured in lower than a 12 months whereas performing for New Yorkers in subway stations,’ the performer wrote on social media.
‘I don’t suppose I can do that anymore. I’m suspending subway performances indefinitely.’
The first incident got here in June, when Forrest was punched and choked by one other man in Times Square.
He was coincidentally handled at Mount Sinai, the identical hospital the place he attends medical faculty.
Police say they’re looking out for a girl in relation to the newest assault final seen sporting a mustard yellow jacket, black beanie and crimson scarf.
‘No one within the transit system, together with the musicians, must be subjected to violence, and when the NYPD catches as much as the one who dedicated this mindless assault they are going to be held accountable,’ the Metropolitan Transit Authority wrote in an announcement.
Forrest is a member of the MTA’s Music Under New York program, which schedules musical performances in transit hubs all through the town.
The 27-year-old performs below the moniker ‘Eyeglasses,’ taking part in electrical cello covers along with writing his personal music.
The 27-year-old was punched and choked by a stranger as he carried out in Times Square final June
Police say they’re looking for the perpetrator of the newest assault, who was final seen sporting a mustard jacket, black beanie and crimson scarf
In addition to his research, Forrest is a member of the MTA’s Music Under New York program
He received his begin taking part in within the subway earlier than giving a breakout efficiency at Radio City Music Hall in 2020 and taking part in throughout the New York Yankees’ opening recreation in 2022
He was found taking part in within the subway and gave a debut efficiency at Radio City Music Hall with singer-songwriter Josh Groban in 2020.
Two years later, the 27-year-old carried out throughout the New York Yankees’ opening recreation at Yankee Stadium.
In addition to his musical pursuits, Forrest is ending an MD-PhD on the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai after incomes his PhD in May.
Forrest didn’t reply instantly to DailyMail.com’s request for remark.
