BREAKING: At Least 3 People Stabbed By Machete-Wielding Suspect During Monsey Chanukah Event – CBS New York

MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Multiple folks own reportedly been stabbed in an assault on a Rabbi’s house in Fresh York‘s Rockland County.

CBS2’s Tony Aiello has confirmed a person entered Rabbi Rottenburg’s Shul in Monsey and stabbed several folks suitable earlier than 10 p.m. Saturday night.

The person covering his face with a scarf reportedly entered the house and pulled out a machete to assault the victims throughout a Chanukah celebration. The suspect reportedly chased after victims as they fled the house earlier than working off and escaping in a shut-by automobile.

First responders are on the scene and are treating the victims.

Tony Aiello reports a minimal of four folks been taken to position hospitals with accidents. Two were rushed to Westchester Medical’s trauma heart due to the severity of accidents.

Both the Clarkstown Police Department and the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council are reporting a full of 5 stabbing victims on the scene.

At 9: 50 this eve, a name came in a couple of mass stabbing at 47 Forshay Boulevard in Monsey (Rockland County; 30 miles North of NYC). Or no longer it’s miles the house of a Hasidic Rabbi. 5 sufferers with stab wounds, all Hasidic, were transported to native hospitals.

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

Amid a rash of anti-Semitic assaults this week, native law enforcement in the Fresh York save is already responding to the assault.

We are intently monitoring the reports of a couple of folks stabbed at a synagogue in Monsey, NY (Rockland County) pic.twitter.com/cHoQnbneKO

— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) December 29, 2019

“We are in a position to NOT allow this to radically change the present customary. We’ll expend every instrument now we need to stop these assaults once and for all. The NYPD has deployed a visible and rising presence around Jewish houses of fancy on the streets in communities like Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Boro Park,” Fresh York Metropolis Mayor Bill de Blasio added in a tweet.

Horrific.

So many Jewish families in our metropolis own shut ties to Monsey. We can not overstate the phobia folks are feeling ethical now.

I’ve spoken to longtime pals who, for the distinguished time in their lives, are scared to repeat outward indicators of their Jewish faith. https://t.co/KUUHlu6guY

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 29, 2019

“Violence of any kind would possibly perhaps per chance well no longer be tolerated right here in Rockland. I stand with the oldsters of this County in condemning this assault and quiz all to give their thoughts, hopes and prayers for a fast recovery for the victims of this spoiled crime. As a aged Police Commander, folks want to take hold of that law enforcement in Rockland will perambulate away no stone un-turned as they devise these responsible of this crime to swift and severe justice,” Rockland County Govt Ed Day said in an announcement Saturday night.

I’m deeply insecure by the peril unfolding in Monsey, Fresh York tonight.

There is zero tolerance for acts of detest of any kind and we can continue to video display this horrific peril.

I stand with the Jewish neighborhood tonight and each night.

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) December 29, 2019

CBS2’s Matt Kozar is on the scene of the assault and reports police are hunting for a person in a gray Nissan Sentra.

Witnesses did reportedly peek the attacker’s registration code and the look for that suspect and his automobile are ongoing.

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