Brooklyn attack leaves 3 injured, suspect wearing Iranian flag shirt arrested by NYPD
The suspect was detained by a volunteer Jewish security group and faces hate crime assault charges after police say he punched three men.
- On Friday, 41-year-old Andrzej Wnuk attacked three Jewish men in the Orthodox Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn while wearing an Iranian flag shirt, before Williamsburg Shomrim detained him for the New York Police Department.
- Following his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court, Wnuk faces three counts of hate crime assault after witnesses reported he shouted "F ing Jews," with bail set at $5,000.
- Data from the New York Police Department indicates that approximately 57 percent of all reported hate crimes in the city target Jewish individuals or institutions, despite comprising about 10% of the population.
- The Anti-Defamation League reported a roughly 350 percent spike in antisemitic incidents across the United States following the October 7 Hamas-led massacre in Israel, with CEO Jonathan Greenblatt calling the threat level "unprecedented in modern history."
- This attack marks the latest in a series of incidents targeting Jewish residents of New York City, which has experienced a significant rise in antisemitic activity in recent years.
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Suspect Faces Hate Crime Charges After Assaults on Jewish Men in Williamsburg
NEW YORK (VINnews) – A Brooklyn man has been charged after authorities said three Jewish men were assaulted in Williamsburg in what police are investigating as a possible antisemitic attack. Investigators said Andrzej Wnuk, 41, while wearing a T-shirt bearing the Iranian flag, allegedly approached three men separately Friday evening and struck them while shouting […]
‘F—ing Jews’ — Crazed antisemite attacks 3 in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn assault is being investigated as a hate crime, after a suspect violently attacked Jewish men while screaming slurs at them. By World Israel News Staff A man wearing a T-shirt bearing the Iranian flag carried out an unprovoked assault on three Jewish men in the heavily Orthodox Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on Friday, before being detained by a local Jewish security group and later arrested by police. The suspect, identified by…
Maniac in Iranian flag T-shirt pummels three Jewish men in NYC hate crime: sources
The brute, Andrzej Wnuk, 41, allegedly pummeled three men – a 48-year-old, 38-year-old, and 21-year-old – in the vicinity of Throop Avenue and Gerry Street in Williamsburg around 6:45 p.m. on Friday, cops said.
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