Five people were stabbed at a rabbi’s home during a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, New York.
A man entered a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, during a Hanukkah celebration, stabbed and wounded five people, and then fled in a vehicle Saturday night.
The victims of the attack in Monsey, which is about 35 miles from New York City, were all Hasidic Jews. The town has a large Hasidic Jewish population.
A suspect was arrested in Manhattan nearly two hours later, police say.
The attack comes after a string of possible anti-Semitic attacks in the region. In New York City alone, there have been at least eight possible anti-Semitic attacks in the past week.
Earlier in December in nearby Jersey City, a shooting rampage at a kosher grocery store involving two gunmen resulted in the death of six people (including the killers). New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the attack was “fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs.”
Following the Hanukkah celebration stabbing, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement that he is “directing the state police hate crimes task force to immediately investigate and to use every tool available to hold the attacker accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
The story is still developing. Here’s what we know, and don’t, so far.
Author: Zeeshan Aleem
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