A Jewish man was stabbed with a screwdriver as he left a Tisha B'Av service at a Manhattan synagogue, according to witnesses. The attacker reportedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar', but local police said the motive remains under investigation. A second victim, a man of Asian descent, was also stabbed in the back.
The attack occurred on Thursday night during Tisha B'Av services at a Manhattan synagogue. According to witnesses, the assailant used a screwdriver and shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he stabbed a Jewish man leaving the building. A second victim, a man of Asian descent, was also stabbed in the back. The suspect was arrested, police said.
The Zioneer's initial report at 22:50 Jerusalem on Thursday night was an unverified account. Within minutes, the desk confirmed that the Jewish victim was seriously wounded and the suspect had been taken into custody. A third update added that a second victim was injured and that a screwdriver was used as the weapon.
The attack comes amid a series of antisemitic incidents in the United States and Israel. As The Zioneer reported on July 2, a man armed with a knife and baseball bat entered the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn in a suspected antisemitic attack. On June 8, a stabbing at New York's Penn Station wounded five people. In Israel, an Israeli man was critically wounded in a stabbing attack near Beit El on Thursday afternoon, as The Zioneer reported at 13:21 Jerusalem.
The motive for the Manhattan attack remains under investigation. The condition of the victims has not been updated since the initial reports. Police have not yet classified the incident as a hate crime.
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