Suspect in stabbing of Chabad Hasid in Midtown Manhattan arrested: Attacked another man two hours earlier
New York police arrested Anna Mochulova, 32, from Brooklyn, suspected of stabbing a 26-year-old Chabad Hasid in the heart of the Diamond District in Manhattan. The suspect is also linked to an attack on another man two hours earlier. She faces 20 counts, and the incidents are being investigated as suspected hate crimes.
New York police arrested Anna Mochulova, 32, from Brooklyn, suspected of stabbing Yosef, a 26-year-old Chabad Hasid, in the heart of the Diamond District in Manhattan. Yosef was stabbed in the back on Wednesday, October 21, and was taken to the hospital in stable condition. It now emerges that two hours earlier, the suspect attacked another man on a nearby street with a sharp object, causing a cut to his forearm. Mochulova was arrested on Saturday, October 24, and faces 20 counts, including assault, threats, and illegal possession of a weapon. Both incidents are being investigated by the New York Police Department's Hate Crimes Task Force, on suspicion of an anti-Semitic motive. Yosef, recently ordained as a rabbi, returned to his activities in the area the day after the attack.