On a July afternoon in one of New York City's quieter residential neighborhoods, two men were stabbed in separate attacks within minutes of each other, their apparent differences in ethnicity and faith raising immediate questions about whether hatred had found its way into the daylight hours near Central Park. A 51-year-old man, Raul Morales, was taken into custody shortly after the assaults, leaving investigators to untangle the threads of motive — bias, mental illness, or both — that so often resist easy separation. Both victims are expected to survive, but the incident reminds a city and a
Man Arrested After Stabbing Two People on Upper West Side in Possible Hate Crimes
Two men stabbed and wounded in separate attacks; both expected to survive but sustained injuries requiring medical attention.