By Doha Madani—
NBC News
A man has been charged with attempted murder for beating an Asian woman more than 125 times last week in New York state, in what police have described as a "brutal hate crime" and which was recorded on video. chilling video.
Tammel Esco, 42, was arrested and charged with calling a 67-year-old woman "Asian p----", following her into a building and severely beating her Friday in Yonkers, north of the city of New York.
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Esco was arrested shortly after the attack outside the building.
Video from a lobby security camera released by Yonkers police on Monday shows the woman attempting to open a door when she was hit in the head from behind her and fell to the ground.
She received 125 punches, seven more stomps and spit.
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“It is one of the most heinous attacks I have ever seen;
Hitting a defenseless woman is despicable and attacking her because of her race makes it even more despicable
,” said Police Commissioner John J. Mueller.
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The woman, whose identity was not released, is in stable condition and recovering at a hospital, police said.
She suffered facial bone fractures and brain hemorrhages.
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Esco was charged with attempted hate crime murder and one count of hate crime assault.
He was arraigned on Saturday and remains in custody at the Westchester County Jail.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano called hate crimes
"intolerable
. "
"I hope the suspect is charged to the fullest extent of the law for his heinous actions," Spano said, "I continue to keep the victim and her family in our thoughts."