Man attacks woman with tree branch he pulls from trash at NYC subway station

Authorities are looking for a man who attacked a 22-year-old woman with a tree branch he grabbed from a trash can in a Brooklyn subway station during the evening rush one day last week, police say.

The woman was walking on a staircase in the Myrtle Avenue station in Bushwick around 6 p.m. Friday when the man walked up to her. Cops say he pulled a tree branch from a garbage can and swung it at the woman, hitting her in the back of the head.

She reported some head pain, but refused medical attention at the scene…

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