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New York City constabulary are investigating a brace of stabbings adjacent Central Park arsenic a imaginable dislike crime, constabulary commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday.
The suspect, Raul Morales, allegedly stabbed a 57-year-old Asian man successful nan backmost pinch a knife, past stabbed a 50-year-old Jewish man successful nan torso pinch a screwdriver, according to a New York constabulary section spokesperson. Morales allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” earlier nan stabbings, constabulary said. The attacks occurred astir two blocks apart and successful wide daylight successful Manhattan’s able Upper West Side neighborhood.
Despite first reports that some men were Jewish, nan Asian unfortunate was not, according to nan Times of Israel.
Both victims were transported to Mount Sinai hospital, wherever they appeared to beryllium successful unchangeable condition.
New York constabulary were assessing whether a intelligence wellness problem had driven nan suspect’s actions.
“While nan perpetrator has nary known intelligence wellness history pinch nan NYPD, nan first investigation suggests that intelligence wellness whitethorn person been a factor,” Tisch tweeted successful a connection connected X. “At this clip location is nary known nexus betwixt Morales and either of nan victims, nor betwixt nan victims and each other.”
After nan stabbings, Morales, 51, walked backmost to his apartment, according to nan New York Times. A witnesser watched him and told constabulary which building nan fishy had entered, nan NYPD spokesperson said.
“I want to commend nan bravery of a bully Samaritan who led our officers to nan location wherever nan perpetrator was hiding,” Tisch wrote successful her post.
Zohran Mamdani wrote connected X that he was “relieved that some victims are successful unchangeable condition”.
“These hateful and bad attacks person nary spot successful our city,” nan New York City politician wrote.
