{"id":556915,"date":"2026-07-24T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/556915\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T05:58:14","slug":"double-stabbing-in-new-york-city-being-investigated-as-possible-hate-crime-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/556915\/","title":{"rendered":"Double stabbing in New York City being investigated as possible hate crime | New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City police are investigating a pair of stabbings near Central Park as a possible hate crime, police commissioner Jessica Tisch<\/a> said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The suspect, Raul Morales, allegedly stabbed a 57-year-old Asian man in the back with a knife, then stabbed a 50-year-old Jewish man in the torso with a screwdriver, according to a New York police department spokesperson. Morales allegedly yelled \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d before the stabbings, police said. The attacks occurred about two blocks apart<\/a> and in broad daylight in Manhattan\u2019s affluent Upper West Side neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Despite initial reports that both men were Jewish, the Asian victim was not, according to the Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both victims were transported to Mount Sinai hospital, where they appeared to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n

New York police were assessing whether a mental health problem had driven the suspect\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the perpetrator has no known mental health history with the NYPD, the initial investigation suggests that mental health may have been a factor,\u201d Tisch tweeted in a statement on X. \u201cAt this time there is no known link between Morales and either of the victims, nor between the victims and each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the stabbings, Morales, 51, walked back to his apartment, according to the New York Times<\/a>. A witness watched him and told police which building the suspect had entered, the NYPD spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to commend the bravery of a good Samaritan who led our officers to the location where the perpetrator was hiding,\u201d Tisch wrote in her post.<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani wrote on X<\/a> that he was \u201crelieved that both victims are in stable condition\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese hateful and despicable attacks have no place in our city,\u201d the New York City mayor wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City police are investigating a pair of stabbings near Central Park as a possible hate crime,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-556915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}