A lady was raped by a migrant at knifepoint in New York Metropolis close to a well-liked seashore boardwalk in Brooklyn, police and sources say.
The New York Metropolis Police Division instructed Fox Information Digital that the incident occurred round 9 p.m. on Sunday evening close to Surf Avenue and West 16 Avenue in Coney Island.
“Upon arrival officers were informed a 46-year-old female was approached by two unidentified individuals and forced her to the ground by holding a knife to her throat. One of the individuals forcibly raped the victim,” an NYPD spokesperson mentioned. “A 34-year-old male victim attempted to intervene and was struck with an object by the second individual.”
Police say the feminine sufferer was taken to an area hospital in steady situation, whereas a male sufferer – whom the New York Put up recognized by way of regulation enforcement sources as her boyfriend – refused medical consideration.
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The rape occurred close to the boardwalk at Coney Island in New York Metropolis’s Brooklyn borough. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto by way of Getty Pictures)
The suspects have been recognized by the NYPD as Daniel Bonilla Davon, 24, and Leovando Moreno, 37, who’re each homeless.
An NYPD supply instructed Fox Information that Davon-Bonilla – who’s going through fees together with first-degree rape and sexual abuse – is a migrant from Nicaragua.
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The Coney Island boardwalk is seen in Could 2021. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Pictures)
Moreno, in the meantime, has been charged with second-degree assault.
The realm in Coney Island the place the rape occurred, based on the NYPD. (Google Maps)
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The incident occurred outdoors a lodge housing asylum seekers and Davon-Bonilla beforehand was arrested in early April for a prison sexual act, the NYPD supply additionally instructed Fox Information.
