Overview
- On Thursday two men were stabbed on the Upper West Side and police arrested a 51-year-old man identified as Raul Morales after he fled and barricaded himself in an Amsterdam Avenue apartment.
- Both victims were taken to Mount Sinai Morningside and are listed in stable condition according to police statements.
- Victim and witness accounts say the attacker yelled “Allahu Akbar,” prompting detectives to review those statements while also examining whether mental-health factors played a role.
- Separately, officers released images and are searching for suspects in a Wednesday stabbing of an off-duty NYPD officer in Bayside and the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is probing a Brooklyn shove and an anti-Muslim threat on a Queens bus.
- Local Jewish groups and elected officials have voiced alarm over a recent rise in anti-Jewish incidents and are calling for added protection and public tips to Crime Stoppers as investigators continue their work.