An Orthodox Jewish man is in secure situation after being stabbed on Wednesday night within the Diamond District of midtown Manhattan. Police are investigating the assault as a potential hate crime.
Police informed the Jewish Telegraphic Company that the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Job Power is investigating the incident as a potential antisemitic assault, and Manhattan Shomrim — the Jewish group watch group — has requested folks to share footage as police seek for the suspect. No arrests have been made.
The sufferer was recognized by police as a 26-year-old man, and Orthodox Jewish outlet COLLive recognized him as a resident of Crown Heights, the neighborhood that’s house to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic motion’s headquarters.
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in secure situation. Police stated they have been referred to as at about 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday after the person was stabbed within the again with “an unknown sharp object” on forty seventh Road close to Fifth Avenue. ABC7 reported that the sufferer informed investigators he believed he was stabbed with a needle or syringe.
The assault comes as Jewish New Yorkers have been focused in additional than half of the hate crimes dedicated in New York Metropolis this yr, regardless of making up about 12% of the town’s inhabitants.
In July, an assailant stabbed two males on the Higher West Facet, together with one who was leaving a synagogue, whereas yelling “Allahu akbar,” and was charged with committing hate crimes.
Your Metropolis. Your Group. Your Information. NY Jewish Week covers the folks, tales, and establishments that make Jewish life in New York what it’s. Donate at present to maintain native reporting you belief.
