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Suspect charged with attempted murder after 5 stabbed at rabbi’s home in New York, officials say Suspect faces attempted murder charges after 5 stabbed at rabbi’s home in New York, officials say
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Five people were stabbed Saturday night after a man barged into a Rabbi’s New York home with a long knife, shattering Hanukkah celebrations and renewing fears of attacks on the Jewish community, officials and witnesses say. A man barged into a rabbi’s home with a long knife and stabbed five people Saturday night in New York state, officials and witnesses say, shattering Hanukkah celebrations and renewing fears of attacks on the country’s Jewish community.
People present for the violence told reporters of a weapon nearly the size of a broomstick and a perpetrator with his face obscured by a scarf who ran past the man who answered the door, fleeing the scene after guests tried to fend him off with a coffee table and chairs.
Officials have yet to announce a motive in the stabbing in the town of Monsey, but New York leaders were quick call it domestic terrorism and to denounce anti-Semitic attacks in the wake of other violence against members of the Jewish community. Police in the nearby town of Ramapo said just after midnight that a man was in custody as the state police’s hate crime task force investigates.
The suspect faces five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary, according to police, the Associated Press reported.The suspect faces five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary, according to police, the Associated Press reported.
The victims, all Hasidic Jews, were taken to local hospitals, according to the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council in Hudson Valley, which said the stabbings occurred at the home of Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg just before 10 p.m. Officials have yet to announce a motive in the stabbing in Monsey, but state leaders were quick to call it domestic terrorism and to denounce anti-Semitic attacks in the wake of other violence against members of the Jewish community.
One victim remains in critical condition with wounds to the head, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said Sunday. Rottenberg’s son was among the victims but is recovering, he said. People who were at the scene of the violence, which occurred in a town about 30 miles north of New York City, told reporters of a weapon nearly the size of a broomstick and a perpetrator with his face obscured by a scarf who ran past the man answering the door, stabbed guests as people tried to fend him off and then fled the scene.
Cuomo denounced the attack — the 13th incident of anti-Semitism in the past few weeks, he said — as “intolerance meets ignorance meets illegality,” The victims, all Hasidic Jews, were taken to hospitals, according to the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council in Hudson Valley, which said the stabbings occurred at the home of Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg just before 10 p.m.
One victim remains in critical condition with wounds to the head, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said Sunday. Rottenberg’s son was among the victims but is recovering, Cuomo said.
The governor denounced the attack — the 13th anti-Semitic incident in the past few weeks, he said — as “intolerance meets ignorance meets illegality.”
“This is an intolerant time in this country,” he said Sunday. “We see anger, we see hatred exploding. It is an American cancer in the body politic.”“This is an intolerant time in this country,” he said Sunday. “We see anger, we see hatred exploding. It is an American cancer in the body politic.”
New York City leaders said Friday that police would increase their patrols in several neighborhoods in light of anti-Semitic violence, and earlier this month, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said suspects in a shooting at a kosher deli in Jersey City “held views that reflected hatred of the Jewish people, as well as the hatred of law enforcement.” New York City leaders said Friday that police would increase patrols in several neighborhoods in light of increasing anti-Semitic violence. Earlier this month, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said suspects in a shooting at a kosher deli in Jersey City “held views that reflected hatred of the Jewish people, as well as the hatred of law enforcement.”
“Let me be clear: anti-Semitism and bigotry of any kind are repugnant to our values of inclusion and diversity and we have absolutely zero tolerance for such acts of hate,” Cuomo said in a statement.“Let me be clear: anti-Semitism and bigotry of any kind are repugnant to our values of inclusion and diversity and we have absolutely zero tolerance for such acts of hate,” Cuomo said in a statement.
On Sunday he renewed calls for New York to become the first state in the country with a domestic terrorism law. A proposal he advocated earlier this year would treat mass shootings based on attributes such as race and national origins punishable by as much as life in prison without parole, similar to terrorist crimes. On Sunday, he renewed calls for New York to become the first state in the country with a law on domestic terrorism. A proposal he advocated earlier this year would treat mass shootings motivated by attributes such as race and national origins as punishable by as much as life in prison without parole, similar to terrorist crimes.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also condemned Saturday’s attack in Monsey. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also condemned Saturday’s attack in Monsey.
Rockland County Executive Ed Day praised law enforcement for an “immediate and effective” response to a “heinous crime."Rockland County Executive Ed Day praised law enforcement for an “immediate and effective” response to a “heinous crime."
“Getting such a horrific call in the midst of a local holiday celebration is a stark reminder that even in a community as good and serene as ours, evil can visit us,” Day said in a statement. “Violence of any kind will not be tolerated here in Rockland.”“Getting such a horrific call in the midst of a local holiday celebration is a stark reminder that even in a community as good and serene as ours, evil can visit us,” Day said in a statement. “Violence of any kind will not be tolerated here in Rockland.”
Almost a third of Rockland County’s population is Jewish, and the Orthodox community there has grown to thousands of families in recent years, according to Jewish groups.Almost a third of Rockland County’s population is Jewish, and the Orthodox community there has grown to thousands of families in recent years, according to Jewish groups.