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ASTORIA, Queens (WABC) — Police are searching for a man who started to strangle a 16-year-old girl at a restaurant in Queens.
The man walked up to the teen outside Watawa Sushi in Astoria and put her in a chokehold.
He released her in under two seconds but remained nearby and approached her table again.
A witness ended up intervening.
The teen was not seriously injured.
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