{"id":134548,"date":"2026-07-24T09:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/134548\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:14:11","slug":"two-stabbed-outside-manhattan-synagogue-in-potential-antisemitic-hate-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/134548\/","title":{"rendered":"Two stabbed outside Manhattan synagogue in potential antisemitic hate crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two men, one of whom was visibly Jewish, were stabbed outside an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Manhattan<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses allege that the suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the incident, the Anti-Defamation League said in a post on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n

The police reported that a man, 57, was stabbed in the back by the suspect, and that a second man, 50, was stabbed in the chest.<\/p>\n

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that 51-year-old Raul Morales had been arrested in connection with both attacks and that “no other people are being sought,” in a post to X early Friday morning.<\/p>\n

She added that that one of the victims is Asian, and the other is Jewish, and that NYPD is working to determine whether the incident was a hate crime.<\/p>\n

\"845845 Third Avenue Tower, Manhattan. (credit: PR)<\/p>\n

However, she said that initial investigations suggested that the attacker’s mental health “may have been a factor.”<\/p>\n

“At this time there is no known link between Morales and either of the victims, nor between the victims and each other,” she said.<\/p>\n

American politicians responded to Manhattan attack<\/p>\n

“I have been briefed on today\u2019s horrifying stabbings on the Upper West Side, where an Asian man and a Jewish man were attacked,” New York Mayor, Zohran Mamdani said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

“According to witness and victim statements, the perpetrator yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ during both attacks. I am relieved that both victims are in stable condition.”<\/p>\n

“The NYPD\u2019s initial investigation suggests that mental health may have been a factor. They are also evaluating these stabbings as potential hate crimes,” he added.<\/p>\n

New York Governor Kathy Hochul<\/a> also responded to the attack in a post on X, saying she was “Disgusted by what appears to be another senseless attack on New Yorkers simply because they\u2019re Jewish.”<\/p>\n

“The strength of New York has always been our ability to live together across every faith and background,” she said.<\/p>\n

Hochul added that “Our hearts are also with the second victim. Asian New Yorkers, like Jewish New Yorkers, have endured waves of hate-fueled violence in recent years. Hate rarely stops with one group.”<\/p>\n

Israeli officials reacted to stabbings<\/p>\n

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, held New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani responsible for the attack in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Danon said “Zohran Mamdani, your incitement is putting Jewish lives in danger in New York, home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel.”<\/p>\n

“You have spent months fueling hatred, demonizing Israel and legitimizing hostility toward Jews. Now take responsibility for the consequences,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Stop the incitement. Before more people get hurt.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men, one of whom was visibly Jewish, were stabbed outside an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Manhattan on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,9783,9930,5247,65277,8193,13660,200,1453,2056,48877,830,38636],"class_list":["post-134548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-anti-semitism","tag-antisemitism","tag-attack","tag-danny-danon","tag-diaspora","tag-manhattan","tag-netherlands","tag-new-york","tag-stabbing","tag-stabbing-attack","tag-usa","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116974194954414535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}