Upper West Side double stabbing suspect facing hate crime charges
Summary
A man named Raul Morales stabbed two men on New York City’s Upper West Side. He faces charges including attempted murder as a hate crime for stabbing a Jewish man, and other charges for stabbing an Asian man. Both victims are expected to survive.Key Facts
- Raul Morales, 51, is charged with attempted murder and assault as hate crimes for attacking a 50-year-old Jewish man named Moshe Grunhaus.
- Morales is also charged with attempted murder, assault, and weapon possession for stabbing a 57-year-old Asian man, but hate crime charges do not apply to this attack.
- Police say Morales shouted "Allahu Akbar" during both attacks.
- Morales barricaded himself in a nearby apartment after the stabbings, where police collected evidence including a Che Guevara book and the Quran.
- Morales has no known mental health history, but police believe mental health may have been a factor.
- Both victims survived the attacks.
- Rabbi Yosie Levine of the Jewish Center visited Grunhaus in the hospital and described the attack as intolerable and unprecedented in his 22 years serving the community.
- Grunhaus had recently moved to Florida and was visiting New York briefly when the attack happened near his synagogue.
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