Man repeatedly punched Columbia protester, knocking her out: NYPD

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) — A woman protesting Monday evening at Columbia University was repeatedly punched in the head, rendering her unconscious, police said Friday in a public appeal for help finding her assailant.

The victim, 21, was participating in a demonstration on West 116th Street near Broadway around 7:50 p.m. when a man approached her, struck her multiple times, then fled on foot, according to authorities.