Two people were asked if they were Muslim before being attacked in Brooklyn, police say, and now the NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating.

Two attacks in the first two weeks of December, both in Bedford-Stuyvesant, are being investigated, according to police.

Police released surveillance video of the suspect linked to the two cases.

In the first attack, on the afternoon of Dec. 4, a group of men, including the suspect, walked up to a 20-year-old man on Gates Avenue. Police say the suspect asked the victim, “Are you from Saudi Arabia? Are you Muslim?” Moments later, he allegedly punched him in the face and another person pushed him to the ground. The group took off down Marcy Avenue.

Police: Man Asks 'Are You Muslim?' Before Attacking Victims

Police released video of a suspect wanted in connection with two possible hate crimes in Brooklyn. The NYPD says he asked his victims "Are you Muslim?" before attacking.

(Published Friday, Dec. 16, 2016)

The victim checked himself in at Elmhurst Hospital.

The victim, speaking to NBC 4 New York Friday, said his attackers were wearing hoodies and smoking cigarettes when he encountered them. They threw him to the ground and punched him, breaking his jaw, he said.

"One guy push me, hit in the face and second guy throw me down... I broke my bones," said the victim, who asked that his identity remain concealed.

In New York City, hate crime has spiked 115 percent since Election Day, with 43 cases reported compared with 20 cases in the same period in 2015, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. Bias against Muslims has doubled, with four cases reported since Election Day compared with two reported in the same time period last year.

One report, however, was found to be a hoax. A Muslim college student said she was harassed on a subway train by three men shouting "Donald Trump" but was later arrested on suspicion of making a false report.