‘Mass Stabbing’ At Jewish Hannukah Celebration In New York, At Least 5 Injured

At least 5 people have been stabbed after a black male entered Rabbi Rottenburg’s Shul, located in the Forshay neighborhood in Monsey, New York, and pulled out a machete.

As VosIzNeias.com reports, the alleged assailant pulled off the cover and stabbed at least 3 people. One of the victims was stabbed in the chest.

The perpetrator then ran out and escaped in a vehicle. His plates were spotted before he left, and the police are currently searching for him.

Videos of the stabbing attack began disseminating on social media.

Horrifying!!! #nycstabbing pic.twitter.com/wI7ejhhMJE

— Mark Kennedy 🇺🇸 (@RealMarkKennedy) December 29, 2019

Up close. #NYCStabbing pic.twitter.com/i1UZbO5VwK

— Mark Kennedy 🇺🇸 (@RealMarkKennedy) December 29, 2019

Motti Seligson, director of media for Chabad.org, told The Jerusalem Post that the congregants, Hassidim, were gathered for a Hanukkah party and confirmed the preliminary details of the event.

Video from the scene of the stabbings at a synagogue in Monsey where Chassidim were gathered for a Hanukkah celebration. pic.twitter.com/wQhWp9SrdA

— Motti Seligson (@mottiseligson) December 29, 2019

Video from the scene pic.twitter.com/anPwVW1Jhv

— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) December 29, 2019

The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council said five people, all Hasidic, were transported to local hospitals with stab wounds. 

At 9:50 this eve, a call came in about a mass stabbing at 47 Forshay Road in Monsey (Rockland County; 30 miles North of NYC). It’s the house of a Hasidic Rabbi. 5 patients with stab wounds, all Hasidic, were transported to local hospitals.

— OJPAC Hudson Valley (@OJPACHV) December 29, 2019

“We are closely monitoring the reports of multiple people stabbed at a synagogue in Monsey, NY (Rockland County),” a representative of the New York City Police Department Counterterrorism Bureau tweeted.

Hatzalah emergency response team is on scene and victims have been transferred to the hospital.

Blood everywhere. #nycstabbing pic.twitter.com/yMw01A7gqg

— Mark Kennedy 🇺🇸 (@RealMarkKennedy) December 29, 2019

As JPost.com notes, this is the second stabbing attack in Monsey in the last two months. In November, a man jumped out of his car in stabbed a father on his way to synagogue, gauging his eye. In the last week, a spate of antisemitic crimes has swept the city.