Five Stabbed Inside Rabbi's Home On Seventh Day Of Hanukkah
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From the Right
Five Orthodox Jews wounded in Hanukkah machete attack by 'black male' in New YorkMultiple Orthodox Jews were stabbed at Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, New York, on Saturday evening, and a suspect has been taken into custody by the New York Police Department. Two victims are reported to be in critical condition.
"At the residence behind us around at 10 o'clock, we received a report of a stabbing," said Ramapo Police Department Chief Brad Weidel. "We have confirmed five individuals who were stabbed at this residence. Two of them are at Good Samaritan Hospital. Three of them are at Westchester Medical Center."
From the Left
There was an attack on Jewish New Yorkers almost every day last week. Police are investigating these as possible hate crimes(CNN)Stabbings inside a rabbi's home on the seventh day of Hanukkah marked the latest in a string of incidents that have targeted the Jewish community in New York.
On Saturday night, more than 100 people were gathered in the home when a man walked in and pulled out a knife that one witness said looked "almost like a broomstick."
From the Left
5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on JewsMONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi’s home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred in America.
Police tracked a fleeing suspect to Manhattan and made an arrest within hours of the attack Saturday night in Monsey. Grafton E. Thomas had blood all over his clothing and smelled of bleach when officers stopped him,...
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