Asian-American actress Karen Fukuhara attacked on anniversary of Atlanta shootings
- ‘Us women, Asians, the elderly need your help,’ the star on superhero series The Boys wrote on Instagram, saying a stranger had struck her in the head
- Fukuhara was targeted exactly one year after eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were shot and killed at three Atlanta-area spas
Karen Fukuhara, who stars on the US superhero series The Boys, said she is “physically fine” after a man attacked her on the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings.
On Wednesday, Fukuhara wrote on Instagram that a stranger struck her in the head “out of nowhere” earlier that day while she was walking to a cafe.
Though the actor rarely discusses her personal life on public platforms, she said she thought it important to share what happened to her in light of surging anti-Asian hate crimes.
It is unclear where the incident occurred, though Fukuhara appeared to be attending the ongoing SXSW Music and Film Festival in Austin, Texas, as of Monday, according to her Instagram page.
“Today I was struck in the head by a man (I’m physically fine) & this s*** needs to stop,” Fukuhara wrote. “Us women, Asians, the elderly need your help …
