Lubavitcher Slashed In The Face In Downtown Brooklyn, NYPD Investigating As Possible Hate Crime
by CrownHeights.info
A horrific attack took place Tuesday morning as a Lubavitch man was walking in Downtown Brooklyn near the Barclay’s Center. A masked and hooded man, yelling hateful rhetoric, approached him and slashed him in the face before running off.
“I can confirm that at approximately 9am this morning on Flatbush and Lafayette, a member of the Crown Jewish community was slashed in the face,” Rabbi Yaacov Behrman of the Jewish Future Alliance posted on X. “I just spoke to the family; he is hospitalized and requires surgery. The attacker allegedly yelled hateful rhetoric.”
According to reports, Hatzalah was called and rushed the Lubavitcher to the hospital.
“This is a very serious incident, and the Jewish Future Alliance is deeply concerned about it,” Behrman wrote. “Witnesses at the scene testified that it was unprovoked.”
The incident was reported to Crown Heights Shomrim who released a Shomrim Safety Alert to the community.
“At approximately 9:15 a.m., a Jewish man was slashed in the face in an unprovoked attack by an African American male while saying anti Jewish rhetoric, in the vicinity of the Barclays Center, on Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Street,” the alert said. “Please stay aware of your surroundings. If you see something, say something!”
The NYPD’s 78th Precinct is investigating the incident as a possible Hate Crime.
Anonymous
Was he African American or just African (illegal)?
Or from our dark cousins in the middle east?
What?
What?? That’s not the point in the article. A jewish person was slashed, “was the person African American or just African (illegal)? Wagt difference does it make?? Use your sense!
Oh, come now
To “What?” – you know very well that if the attacker was white, you’d be hearing about it endlessly.
Judah
Time to take Rabbi Kahana seriously.
Anonymous
Agree!! 100%. But you must have a leader who will” talk softly and carry a big stick”
Anonymous
As stated before need a smart Jewish MAFIA. To put the fear in the hearts of the dudes. Nothing else will do. No Politicians or Rabbis or this or that. Or live in a Ghetto or in fear like a Ghetto Jew