{"id":304472,"date":"2026-07-24T03:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304472\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T03:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:17:08","slug":"jewish-man-stabbed-in-manhattan-by-attacker-yelling-allahu-akbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304472\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Man Stabbed in Manhattan by Attacker Yelling \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two men, including a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke who had just left Tisha B’Av services, were stabbed in separate unprovoked attacks on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Thursday afternoon. Full Story<\/a> <\/p>\n

Two men, including a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke who had just left Tisha B\u2019Av services, were stabbed in separate unprovoked attacks on Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side Thursday afternoon. Police say the suspect allegedly shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d during both attacks, and the NYPD is investigating whether the assaults were motivated by hate.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post, the suspect, identified by police as 51-year-old Raul Morales, first allegedly stabbed a 57-year-old Asian man in the back near West 84th Street and Central Park West at approximately 1:30 p.m. Roughly a short time later, a second victim\u2014a 50-year-old Jewish man wearing a yarmulke\u2014was attacked after leaving Tisha B\u2019Av services at a synagogue on Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street. Police said he was stabbed in the torso with a screwdriver.<\/p>\n

Both victims were transported to Mount Sinai St. Luke\u2019s Hospital and were listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said detectives are continuing to investigate the motive.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetectives are continuing to work the case and determine motive, but according to victim and witness statements, Morales yelled \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 during both attacks,\u201d Tisch said in a statement. \u201cThe NYPD is currently evaluating whether this is a potential hate crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tisch added that \u201cthe initial investigation suggests that mental health may have been a factor.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post, Nava Silton, who had been speaking with the Jewish victim inside the Jewish Center before the attack, said witnesses told her they heard the suspect shout \u201cAllah Akbar\u201d before stabbing the victim.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe perpetrator tried to act like a normal person and that he wasn\u2019t involved and muttering someone should call 911. Literally pretending he was not culpable,\u201d Silton told the publication.<\/p>\n

Silton said the victim told her \u201csomeone drove a screwdriver into the right side of his chest and yelled something,\u201d though he did not hear exactly what was said. She added that he remained conscious following the attack.<\/p>\n

Members of Manhattan Shomrim responded to the scene after receiving emergency calls.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second victim was fully identifiable as Jewish,\u201d Manhattan Shomrim member Michael Jacobs told the New York Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was fully identifiable as Jewish. He was wearing a skull cap, a yarmulke, a kippah, and he lives here in the neighborhood. He\u2019s known in the neighborhood. He\u2019s a respected person in the neighborhood. Minding his own business, just going to pray.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested around 2:45 p.m. after allegedly barricading himself inside a nearby NYCHA apartment on Amsterdam Avenue. Police recovered both a knife and a screwdriver following the arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to commend the bravery of a good Samaritan who led our officers to the location where the perpetrator was hiding, as well as our NYPD cops who brought an end to the incident without further injuries,\u201d Tisch said.<\/p>\n

Public officials strongly condemned the attacks.<\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote that she was \u201cdisgusted by what appears to be another senseless attack on New Yorkers simply because they\u2019re Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strength of New York has always been our ability to live together across every faith and background,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cAnyone who tries to tear that apart will be met with the full force of the law. New York will stand with our Jewish community today, tomorrow, and always.\u201d<\/p>\n

City Council Speaker Julie Menin said she was \u201cabsolutely sickened and furious by what appears to be an antisemitic stabbing,\u201d adding that \u201cthe fear in the Jewish community is real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he had been briefed on the \u201chorrifying stabbings\u201d and noted that, according to witness and victim statements, the suspect yelled \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d during both attacks. He also said the NYPD is evaluating the incidents as potential hate crimes.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post, charges had not yet been filed against Morales as of Thursday evening. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n


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