A frightened New York City cab driver is speaking out about a vicious attack that happened New Year’s Day in Queens as police continue to look for the suspects.
For Zulqarnain Alam New Year’s Eve was an opportunity.
“I saw it’s busy so that’s why I came out to work,” Alam said.
He thought it would be easy money. Little did he know it would actually cost him.
The 20-year-old says he was jumped by a group of men at 4:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day when he picked them up in Queens. He says one of them was angry.
“He was like trying to attack me from back, he was trying to jump over everyone, jump over everyone. Then I understood he was trying to attack me you know,” Alam said.
Alam says the other three held him back, but after a few blocks, that passenger became more aggressive.
“He’s almost here. He’s trying to punch me you know,” Alam said.
So, Alam pulled over and told them to get out, but he had to exit his vehicle first.
“From the inside it’s kind of hard to open it. I opened the door for them like this. I backed off. I backed off. And then the guy came out and then he tried to attack on me,” Alam said. “After that he tried to punch my window. I was like exactly here and then I walked up to here I said, ‘what’s wrong with you, why you punching my thing?’ And then one guy from the backside he went up this way and then he punched my face.”