A physical attack on a female during an attempted robbery on a Jersey City street has police on the search for several suspects responsible for the incident.
According to preliminary reports, police were called to the vicinity of Linden and Garfield avenues after receiving reports of an injured person at approximately 1:00 a.m.
Police officers arriving at the scene requested EMS after they found a female victim suffering non-life threatening injuries after she said several suspects approached and attempted to take cash and personal possessions.
According to reports, when the victim told the suspects that she had no money, they began to punch her in the face before they fled the scene.
The suspects have only been described as approximately two males and four females who wore white t-shirts reports said.
Police have launched an active investigation into the incident.