Victim Speaks

The victim of the apparent hate crime stabbing of a Muslim cabbie over night here in NYC has released a statement. The victim’s name is Ahmed Sharif, 43, of Queens.

“I feel very sad,” Sharif said, in a statement released by the Taxi Workers Alliance. “I have been here more than 25 years. I have been driving a taxi more than 15 years. All four of my kids were born here.”

Read the full statement here.