A Chabad hasid was stabbed in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn tonight as he and another man, both Hatzolah ambulance volunteers, were walking on Eastern Parkway between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues.
Chabad Hasid Stabbed In Possible Crown Heights Hate Crime Or Terror Attack
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
A Chabad hasid was stabbed in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn tonight as he and another man, both Hatzolah ambulance volunteers, were walking on Eastern Parkway between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues, various Chabad news blogs reported.
First reports describe the attacker as a Black male wearing a black hoodie and a mask.
The victim, Dovid Katz was stabbed from behind and is hospitalized in stable condition.
The stabbing took place in the immediate proximity of the Bedford-Union Armory where the International convention of Chabad emissaries is scheduled to begin tomorrow.
The NYPD reportedly immediately increased its already elevated security for the convention in the wake of the attack.
People are asked to pray for the speedy recovery of Dovid Shlomo HaKohen son of Shterna Malka.