A man has been charged with attempted murder over the attack on a 61-year-old Asian man in New York

• A man was arrested after a 61-year-old Asian man was attacked and left in critical condition in New York.
• Jarrod Powell was charged with attempted murder and two counts of assault as a hate crime.
• Police say Yao Pan Ma was hit so he fell over, then kicked multiple times in the head.

A suspect has been arrested over the attack on a 61-year-old Asian man in Harlem, New York, which left him in critical condition.

The New York Police Department said on Tuesday that 49-year-old Jarrod Powell was arrested and charged with attempted murder and two counts of assault as a hate crime.

Yao Pan Ma was brutally attacked around 8:20 p.m. last Friday. Police said he was struck from behind so he fell over, and was then "kicked multiple times in the head."

Video footage showed a man stomping on his head repeatedly before running away, leaving Ma lying on the street.

Police are not yet sure if Ma was targeted because of his race.

Ma's family said he was put in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator, and The New York Times reported that on Monday that he was in critical but stable condition.

Ma was walking with a shopping cart full of cans when he was attacked. He was collecting them to support his family after he lost his restaurant job in the COVID-19 pandemic.