Man accused of stabbing 2 on Upper West Side charged with hate crimes, police say
Police say Raul Morales faces attempted murder and assault charges after allegedly targeting an Asian man and a Jewish man in separate attacks.
- On Friday, police charged 51-year-old Raul Morales with attempted murder and assault as a hate crime following his arrest on Thursday. He allegedly stabbed two people on the Upper West Side.
- Morales allegedly yelled 'Allahu Akbar' while stabbing an Asian man with a knife and a Jewish man with a screwdriver, officials said. The two attacks occurred several blocks apart on the Upper West Side.
- Around midday Friday, officers searched the 11th-floor apartment where Morales lived in a NYCHA building on Amsterdam Avenue. Authorities seized personal items during the investigation into the motive behind the attacks.
- Neighbor Carlos Ramos and Morales's roommate expressed shock at the allegations, describing him as a 'lonely person' who never displayed violence. Ramos recalled Morales frequently greeted neighbors politely outside the building.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the attacks 'hateful and despicable,' yet several Jewish elected officials criticized him Friday for allegedly fueling antisemitism through rhetoric regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The incident intensified political friction over hate-crime response.
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Two people stabbed near Central Park; man faces hate crime charges
A 51-year-old man faces hate crime charges after allegedly stabbing two men in separate attacks near Central Park on Thursday afternoon, according to police.Raul Morales allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he attacked the two victims, witnesses told the police. On Friday, police said he faced hate crime charges for one of the attacks.
Man accused of yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Manhattan stabbing spree faces hate crime charges
New York City prosecutors accused a knife-wielding man of hate crimes after he allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" before stabbing an Asian man and a Jewish man in a violent spree last week.
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NYC Stabbings Suspect Arrested on Hate Crime Charges in Both Attacks
NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect in two separate stabbings on New York City streets was arrested Friday on attempted murder and charged with hate crimes relating to both victims, a Jewish man and an Asian man. Raul Morales, 51, allegedly yelled the Arabic phrase “Allahu akbar” while attacking the two men Thursday on Manhattan's Upper West Side, according to police accounts of what witnesses told them. Morales was initially arrested Friday on hate crime…
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