Iran Press/America: A knife-wielding assailant stabbed four people in a rabbi’s basement synagogue in Rockland County during a crowded Hanukkah celebration Saturday night, according to a law enforcement source.
The suspect fled the scene but was promptly arrested and taken into custody by the NYPD at 144th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem at midnight. However, the motive was not immediately clear.
The accused attacker, whose name was not released, was transferred back to Rockland County around 4 a.m. from the 32nd Precinct by State Troopers, the lead agency on the case.
One victim was left in critical condition in the attack, which happened at around 10 p.m. when a man walked into the basement synagogue in Monsey with a machete or similarly large knife and began attacking people, the source said.
Between 50 and 100 people were inside the synagogue, which is known locally as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul.
One of the victims was stabbed at least six times, the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC) said in a tweet.
Five people were wounded at what public records say was the home of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, who leads a nearby synagogue. 104/219
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