A woman in her 20s out jogging near Central Park’s iconic Wollman Rink was ambushed by a sex attacker wearing all black who grabbed her from behind and choked her until she lost consciousness, police confirmed Thursday.
Few details were immediately available regarding the attack, which cops say happened in the park by 62nd Street and Fifth Avenue around 7:30 a.m. It was said to have been in the vicinity of the Wollman Rink, on Central Park’s southeast corner.
The rink first opened in 1950 and is about a 3-minute walk from the zoo.
John Miller, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism, later told reporters
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