Stabbings inside a Rockland County rabbi's home on Hanukkah marked the latest in a string of incidents that have targeted the Jewish community in New York, coming just weeks after a deadly shooting at a kosher grocery market in New jersey claimed the lives of six people.
Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to US President Donald Trump, has tweeted a message of condolence in the wake of a stabbing attack inside a Rockland County rabbi's home on the seventh day of Hanukkah.
President Donald Trump also weighed in on Sunday, tweeting:
A knife-wielding attacker stabbed five people during a Hanukkah celebration in the New York City suburb of Monsey on Saturday, 28 December, in the home of Hasidic Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg.
Police are said to have received reports of a stabbing just before 10 p.m., with witnesses describing the weapon as a large knife or machete, reported USA Today.
Two victims of the incident were said to be in critical condition. It was added one of them was reportedly stabbed six times.
Police arrested a suspect in Manhattan within hours of the attack. Grafton E. Thomas, 37, reportedly had traces of blood on his clothing and smelled of bleach, according to prosecutors.
The suspect was arraigned on Sunday and pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary.
Bail was set at $5 million and he remains jailed.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the attack “an act of domestic terrorism” and directed the state…
