{"id":310360,"date":"2026-07-31T01:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310360\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T01:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:14:19","slug":"upper-west-side-stabbings-raul-morales-indicted-over-attack-of-asian-jewish-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310360\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper West Side stabbings: Raul Morales indicted over attack of Asian, Jewish victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — A grand jury in New York handed up an indictment Thursday against the man who allegedly stabbed two people on the Upper West Side<\/a> of Manhattan, after shouting “Allahu Akbar.”<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old suspect, Raul Morales, stabbed an Asian man and a Jewish man in two separate attacks on Thursday, July 23. Morales had previously been charged by complaint with hate crimes.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, the first attack happened around 1:30 p.m. near Central Park West and West 84th Street, where a 57-year-old Asian man was stabbed in the back. A short time later, police say a 50-year-old Jewish man was stabbed near West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, close to a synagogue.<\/p>\n

The day after the attacks, he shouted cryptic responses when asked why he attacked the men. In the courtroom he also shouted that he “loved his mother.”<\/p>\n

The indictment will be unsealed when Morales appears in court September 22, at which point the exact charges will be revealed.<\/p>\n

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