UWS stabbing suspect charged with hate crimes after anti-Asian and anti-Jewish attacks
TL;DR
Police say 51-year-old Raul Morales stabbed two men on the Upper West Side—one Asian man with a knife and a Jewish man with a screwdriver—after allegedly shouting “Allahu Akbar.” He’s charged with attempted murder and assault as hate crimes, plus two weapon counts; Morales was arrested after a search of a NYCHA apartment on Amsterdam Avenue and West 88th Street.
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