On a Thursday afternoon in Manhattan's Upper West Side, two men — one Asian, one Jewish — were stabbed in separate attacks within blocks of each other, allegedly by a 51-year-old man who shouted an Arabic phrase during both assaults. The New York Police Department is investigating the incidents as possible hate crimes, while also weighing whether mental illness shaped the violence. Both victims are expected to survive, but the attacks arrive at a moment when New York City's hate crime numbers continue to climb even as broader violent crime recedes — a reminder that the safety of a community is
NYPD arrests man in dual stabbing attacks probed as possible hate crimes
Two men stabbed in separate attacks; both hospitalized with nonfatal injuries and expected to survive.