A 14-year-old boy was slashed on Monday evening inside a Brooklyn synagogue by a suspect the police called an \u201cemotionally disturbed person.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old suspect, Krybus Shimon, is a fellow congregant of Yeshiva Gevoah Toldos, an Orthodox synagogue in Borough Park, the New York Police Department said. He was taken into custody and charged on Monday with assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The boy\u2019s hand was slashed with a \u201ccutting instrument\u201d and he was treated by emergency medical services on the scene, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident is not currently being investigated as a hate crime, and it\u2019s not yet clear what led to the slashing.<\/p>\n
Borough Park is one of the largest Orthodox enclaves in the United States, home to about 96,000 Jews, according to UJA-Federation of New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n In January, the neighborhood was hit with a spate of antisemitic vandalism<\/a>. Over 70 swastikas and the words \u201cAdolf Hitler\u201d were sprayed over two days across Gravesend Park, a playground in Borough Park. Two 15-year-old boys were arrested for the vandalism and charged with aggravated harassment and criminal mischief as a hate crime.<\/p>\n