After more than 30 years, the US Department of Justice has designated the 1994 murder of 16-year-old Chabad yeshiva student Ari Halberstam as a hate crime, according to a report by the Israeli Haredi news outlet Bechadrei Chareidim. Halberstam was killed when a Lebanese-born terrorist opened fire on a vehicle carrying Chabad students on the Brooklyn Bridge.
The US Department of Justice has officially recognized the 1994 murder of Chabad teenager Ari Halberstam as a hate crime, according to a report by Bechadrei Chareidim. The attack occurred on the Brooklyn Bridge when a Lebanese-born terrorist opened fire on a vehicle carrying Chabad yeshiva students. Halberstam, 16, was killed. The designation comes after more than three decades. The report has not been independently confirmed by US officials.
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