Just before noon last Saturday, a 9-year-old girl was with her mother at Grand Central Terminal when a man strode up to the child and, without warning, punched her in the face, according to the police.
The child, dizzy and in pain, was taken to the hospital.
It was the second time in nine days that Mr. Zarzuela had randomly attacked someone at the terminal, the police said.
On April 4, they said, he punched a 56-year-old woman in the face, causing her nose to bleed and her left eye to swell shut.
And it was among a number of recent assaults that have unnerved New Yorkers, who have seen a rash of attacks reported on the streets and on the subway.
Persons:
strode, Jean Carlos Zarzuela, Zarzuela
Organizations:
Grand Central
Locations:
East Harlem