The crash occurred round 8:45pm (native time) on the Gothic revival construction at 770 Japanese Parkway in Crown Heights. (AP Picture/ Representational)A motorist slammed his automobile into the rear entrance of the headquarters of the Jewish spiritual order in New York Metropolis on Wednesday evening, in an incident the place nobody was injured however the police mentioned that they’re investigating it as a hate crime.
The crash occurred on the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn and New Metropolis Police mentioned that the driving force of the automobile was arrested. Chabad followers, who’re also called Lubavitchers, belong to the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic faculty of Judaism.
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Detailing the incident at a press briefing, New Metropolis Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned the driving force was instantly arrested and no was injured within the incident and that the crash is being investigated as a hate crime. Tisch was current on the information convention alongside New York Metropolis Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Legal professional Common Letitia James.
I’m at 770 Chabad World Headquarters in Crown Heights, the place a person deliberately, and repeatedly, crashed his automobile into the constructing. I’m relieved that nobody was injured on this horrifying incident.
That is deeply alarming, particularly given the deep which means and historical past of the…
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) January 29, 2026
Tisch added {that a} bomb squad swept the automobile and no explosive units had been discovered. Mamadani referred to as the act “horrifying” and “deeply alarming” and added that the driving force who was arrested “deliberately, and repeatedly, crashed his automobile into the constructing.”
Chabad Lubavitch spokesperson Motti Seligson, in a social media submit, mentioned the driving force was arrested “virtually instantly”, including, “Earlier tonight a automobile crashed right into a aspect entrance at Chabad HQ at 770 Japanese Parkway, the constructing encompasses one of the crucial vital synagogues on the planet.”
The crash occurred round 8:45pm (native time) on the Gothic revival construction at 770 Japanese Parkway in Crown Heights.
(with inputs from Reuters)
