Overview
- Video and witness accounts show a Honda striking the rear doors at 770 Eastern Parkway multiple times during a major Chabad observance, with no injuries reported.
- Officers assigned to a security detail arrested the driver at the scene, and the NYPD bomb squad cleared the vehicle after finding no explosives.
- Police identified the suspect as 36-year-old Dan Sohail and said he faces attempted assault as a hate crime and other charges.
- The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is leading the investigation as officials assess motive and the driver’s mental state; the chief of detectives said the suspect knew it was a synagogue.
- The Justice Department launched a civil-rights probe, and New York City increased security around houses of worship across all five boroughs.