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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Spanish tourist whacked with hammer in New York City park

NEW YORK – A Spanish tourist eating lunch in a park next to New York's City Hall has been bashed in the head with a hammer.

Prosecutors say attacker John Yoos is being held without bail after his arraignment Tuesday on attempted murder charges.

Yoos said nothing as a prosecutor described what she called "a completely random act of brutal violence on a total stranger."

Authorities say Barcelona resident Hugo Alejandre was sitting on a bench in City Hall Park on Monday when Yoos abruptly attacked him. Bystanders intervened.  More

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