Man in Bizarre Mask Chases Woman Asking, "Ready to Die?" Ignites Outrage

This is CCTV footage captured around Center City in Philadelphia, USA, at around 5 a.m. on the 18th, local time.

A man wearing a bizarre mask starts chasing a woman dressed in running clothes.

A short time later, he blocks her path, filming her with his mobile phone and making a chilling threat.

[Jason Smith / Philadelphia Police Inspector: The suspect held his cell phone right in front of the victim's face and threatened her, saying, "Are you ready to die?"]

When the terrified woman screamed and fled, the man tried to enter a nearby popular coffee shop before approaching another woman.


However, this woman was not an easy target.

While screaming, she kicked the approaching attacker squarely in the chest.

[Jameka / Victim: He seemed to have no idea what he was even trying to do. For instance, I was carrying a bag, but he didn't even try to grab it.]

Startled by the woman's fierce resistance, the suspect fled by taking the escalator at a nearby subway station.

According to police investigations, the suspect was found to have wandered around 15th Street and the City Hall area, picking fights with and threatening multiple citizens for about 15 minutes.

It was reported that although he did not pull out a weapon directly at the time, he took threatening actions as if he were carrying one.

Police have identified the suspect as a male in his late teens to early twenties wearing a mask resembling a horror movie character and have launched a public manhunt.

Police plan to charge the suspect with terroristic threats, assault, and battery, while urging caution among citizens, particularly women, who are active early in the morning downtown.

(Video Reported by Oh Jung-shik)
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