Upper West Side Stabbing Suspect Charged With Hate Crime Against Jewish Man

New York police charged Raul Morales, 51, with attempted murder and assault as hate crimes in the stabbing of a Jewish man on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Morales also faces attempted-murder and assault counts, without hate-crime enhancements, in a separate attack on an Asian man. Police say witnesses and victims reported that he shouted “Allahu Akbar” during both attacks. The Jewish victim, Moshe Grunhaus, had left a nearby synagogue, and both wounded men were in stable condition Friday. Prosecutors will make the final charging decision after arraignment.