Web desk(National Times)- Two people were stabbed in New York on Thursday, with police saying that they had arrested a suspect and were evaluating the incident as a possible hate crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two victims, who were targeted in separate attacks near Manhattan\u2019s Central Park, were \u201can Asian male and a Jewish male,\u201d New York City police commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X, adding that they were both hospitalised and \u201cexpected to survive\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested the suspect, identified as 51-year-old Raul Morales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDetectives are continuing to work the case and determine motive, but according to victim and witness statements, Morales yelled \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 during both attacks,\u201d Tisch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NYPD is currently evaluating whether this is a potential hate crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She further said that \u201cat this time, there is no known link between Morales and either of the victims, nor between the victims and each other\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tisch added that the suspect has no record of psychiatric illness in police records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani noted in a separate X post that \u201cthe initial investigation suggests that mental health may have been a factor\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese hateful and despicable attacks have no place in our city,\u201d Mamdani said, adding both victims were in \u201cstable condition\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Web desk(National Times)- Two people were stabbed in New York on Thursday, with police saying that they had arrested a suspect and were evaluating the incident as a possible hate crime. The two victims, who were targeted in separate attacks near Manhattan\u2019s Central Park, were \u201can Asian male and a Jewish male,\u201d New York City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n