NEW YORK — The Brooklyn district attorney’s office on Wednesday indicted a suspect for allegedly beating a Jewish man on a New York City subway in an antisemitic attack.

Neil Hurlock, 20, a Brooklyn resident, was charged with assault, menacing, robbery and aggravated harassment —- all as hate crimes —- as well as other charges.

On the morning of March 2, Hurlock, wearing a black face mask, followed his Jewish victim onto a train at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said in a statement.

Hurlock allegedly punched the victim in the face twice, picked the victim up while striking him, threw the victim onto subway seats, and punched him in the face several more times.

Hurlock allegedly called the victim a “Fucking Jew” during the attack.

The victim was reading a religious text and identifiable as Jewish due to his clothing, including a kippah, the district attorney’s office said.

The attacker allegedly removed the kippah from the victim’s head before fleeing the scene.

During the attack, the defendant’s phone fell out of his pocket and was picked up by the victim,........

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