Raul Morales Arrested After 2 Upper West Side Stabbings as NYC Officials Call Attack Antisemitic
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Raul Morales Arrested After 2 Upper West Side Stabbings as NYC Officials Call Attack Antisemitic
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Summary
Raul Morales is in custody after two men, ages 57 and 50, were stabbed Thursday afternoon near West 84th Street and Central Park West; both were hospitalized in stable condition.
Witness and victim statements said the attacker yelled "Allahu Akbar" during both assaults, prompting city officials to describe the violence as antisemitic, though police have not yet announced a motive.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a statement hours later saying he had been briefed and praising the NYPD response, after posting first about a housing tax plan for second homes worth more than $5 million.
The delayed response drew criticism from Republicans and some city officials as concern over anti-Jewish violence rises; NYPD logged 146 hate-crime complaints and 71 arrests in the first quarter, up from 137 and 51 a year earlier.