Police reported that a 57-year-old man was stabbed in the back and a 50-year-old man was stabbed in the chest outside a Manhattan synagogue. The incident is being investigated as a potential antisemitic hate crime.
Police have identified the two victims of the stabbing outside a Manhattan synagogue as men aged 57 and 50, stabbed in the back and chest respectively. The attack is being investigated as a potential antisemitic hate crime.
The Zioneer first reported the incident at 22:50 Jerusalem Thursday, initially as an unverified report of a Jewish man stabbed with a screwdriver while leaving Tisha B'Av prayers on the Upper West Side. By the same time, multiple Israeli media reports confirmed the suspect had been arrested, that a second victim of Asian descent was stabbed in the back, and that the attacker shouted 'Allahu Akbar.' At 02:15 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the New York City Council speaker described the attack as appearing antisemitic, and police were investigating it as a hate crime.
The suspect remains in custody. The motive is still under investigation, though authorities are treating the assault as a targeted hate crime.
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