A veteran Filipino performing artist was assaulted outside his apartment in New York last week.
Miguel Braganza, an alumnus of "Miss Saigon", was on his way to his apartment when a robber assaulted and hit him with a gun on the forehead.
According to the Philippine Consulate General in New York, the incident happened at Fort Tryon in the Upper West Side at around 1 a.m. last August 7.
"When I stepped out sa Uber, visiting my friends, bigla na lang a guy jumped on me and pushed me sa side ng car (suddenly a guy jumped on me and pushed me to the side of the car)," Braganza said in an interview with Super Radyo dzBB on Saturday, adding the assailants were trying to get his bag, He said he had lost a lot of blood but is now in stable condition.
And while Braganza did not sustain any major injuries, he said he is suffering from trauma.
"It's the trauma, and a bit of depression. A doctor friend said it's natural so I'm fighting it," he told dzBB.
Braganza, meanwhile, said there is still no update from the New York Police Department (NYPD) regarding the incident until now.
The Philippine Consulate reminded Filipino communities in New York to always be vigilant when outside their residences, especially during the evenings, amid the rising incidents of anti-Asian hate and violence in the city.