A brute busted for a string of anti-Muslim hate crimes 4 years in the past was nabbed once more this week for allegedly focusing on one other Muslim lady on a Queens practice – beating her so badly that she fractured her nostril, cops and prosecutors mentioned.
Naved Durrni, 34, stormed as much as the 55-year-old hijab-wearing lady on board a Jamaica-bound E practice passing by way of the seventy fifth Avenue station round 4 a.m. Wednesday and snapped, “Where are you from? Are you Muslim?” based on a felony criticism.
When the sufferer responded that she was in truth Muslim, Durrni repeatedly punched and slapped her within the face, head and neck space, and even kicked her within the face, the court docket papers mentioned.
The sufferer was handled at a neighborhood hospital for fractures to her nasal and orbital bones, and bruising and swelling, the criticism mentioned.
In the meantime, the attacker – who wore a black Mets cap, a black du-rag, a black jacket over a pink collared shirt, black pants with a white belt and black Timberland work boots – took off however was arrested a couple of blocks away, based on cops and the court docket doc.
He was charged with hate crime assault and aggravated harassment, and ordered held with out bail by Decide Michael Katz throughout his Thursday morning arraignment.
Durrni is not any stranger to the felony justice system – he has a complete of six prior arrests, together with a disturbing historical past of randomly attacking Muslim victims in Queens in June and July of 2021, authorities mentioned.
In a single case, he allegedly focused a pair strolling at Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard – punching a 31-year-old man and tugging on the 24-year-old lady’s hijab, the Queens DA’s workplace mentioned on the time.
He additionally allegedly snatched a field the girl was carrying, and snarled, “Mohammed was a liar,” prosecutors mentioned.
Within the second assault, he yelled the identical anti-Mohammed assertion as he approached one other couple on Inwood Road – punching a 56-year-old lady within the face and head, fracturing her nostril, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
Then he allegedly bumped a 38-year-old lady into the road on Sutphin Boulevard close to 94th Avenue, once more seething “Mohammad was a liar” and “Jesus tells the truth,” prosecutors mentioned.
When the sufferer tried to name 911 on her mobile phone, Durrni allegedly pulled out a knife and pointed it at her, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
He was initially ordered held with out bail pending a psychiatric analysis, The Publish reported on the time.
The explanation for his launch following the hate crime spree was not instantly recognized, however prosecutors say that in 2022, he was convicted of second-degree aggravated harassment.
He’ll reappear in court docket in connection to the brand new case on Monday.
