A young Orthodox Jewish man has been stabbed in New York City by an attacker who was reportedly yelling “Free Palestine.”
The incident occurred early on Saturday morning in the heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
The attacker, Vincent Sumpter, reportedly yelled “Do you want to die?” after hurling anti-Semitic statements at the victim, Yechiel Michel Dabrowskin.
Sumpter, 22, was charged with second-degree assault as a hate crime for stabbing Dabrowskin.
The attack occurred around the corner from the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
Yaacov Behrman, a spokesman for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, issued a statement in a post on X, saying:
“The perpetrator, a black male in his early 20s, shouted ‘Free Palestine’ and, after an exchange of words with the victim, allegedly asked, ‘Do you want to die?’ before stabbing him.”
I can confirm that a hate crime stabbing occurred early this morning in Crown Heights, around 2 a.m., near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue, close to Chabad Headquarters.
The perpetrator, a Black male in his early 20s, shouted “Free Palestine” and, after an exchange of words…
— Yaacov Behrman (@ChabadLubavitch) August 11, 2024
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