Police are looking for a man who repeatedly punched and kicked an elderly woman in the face and body in an unprovoked attack on a subway.

Horrific footage of the incident was posted on Twitter and shows the man assaulting the 78-year-old victim as she is sitting on a northbound No.2 train at around 3 am on March 10.

The woman, who was alone, tries to defend herself as he continues to attack her while other passengers record the incident and do nothing to help.

Police are looking for an African American man who repeatedly punched and kicked a 78-year-old woman in the head and body while she was riding the No. 2 subway on March 10

He can be heard saying 'Who the f**k you was talking to' as he finished his brutal assault.

One female passenger can be heard saying 'Excuse me' to the man but he walks off the train.

Shortly before he turns to the passengers filming and says: 'Worldstar that my n****r' in reference to the social media page that is full of violent videos.

Police weren’t notified until the train arrived at the next and last stop, at Wakefield-241st Street station, when a bystander approached an officer in the station.

The man exited the train at 238 Street / Nereid Avenue and fled on foot before authorities had a chance to apprehend him.

Police said 78-year-old woman rode the train one more northbound stop and exited at 241st Street station where she was met by first responders.

Shocking footage of the incident shows the man kick her while the frail woman helplessly holds her hands over her face but to no avail

The woman slumps over as the suspect kicks her with full force in the head and body

Passengers recorded the incident and could be heard saying 'Oh no' as the man carried out the attack but no one intervened as he kicked and punched her on the train



She suffered from bleeding and swelling with cuts to the face. She was treated on scene by EMS and refused further medical attention.

The African American man, who has a black goatee, is approximately 40-years-old, is 6'0" and weighs 180 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black knit cap, long black and white checkered scarf, metal framed glasses, and black pants.

In a heartbreaking image, the woman is seen holding her head and appears to be crying. She suffered from bleeding and swelling with cuts to the face and received medical treatment

Police described the African American man as around 40 and weighing 180 pounds

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

The video was first posted on Twitter by a user named @BKLYNRELL1 and hundreds of social media users expressed their outrage at the attack.

The user who first posted it tweeted: 'He’s crazy that’s somebody grandmother. Rt and find this a**hole.'

He later wrote: 'For everybody asking me if this is my video. No and if I was there it was not going down like that. He was not getting away.'

NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot O'Shea also tweeted photo grabs of the man and claimed his department are actively investigating the incident

Another user called Kori James wrote: 'All i see is my grandma and it infuriates me.'

NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot O'Shea also tweeted photo grabs of the man and claimed his department are actively investigating the incident.

Another person wrote: 'WTF?! No one helped her during or after?! I KNOW I raised my sons better than that if they come across this situation!.'

Many other social media users expressed their fury that some of the passengers recorded the incident and did nothing to help the victim.