A young Jewish man was reportedly stabbed to death near Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights early Saturday morning by a man shouting “Free Palestine.”
According to Yaacov Behrman, a spokesman for Chabad-Lubavitch, the stabber allegedly approached the victim around 2 a.m. near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue and shouted “Free Palestine” and “Do you want to die?” before stabbing the victim.
The man and his attacker allegedly exchanged words before the victim was finally stabbed, Behrman wrote on X.
The victim, a young Jewish man, was taken to hospital and is expected to recover, Behrman added.
Bystanders were able to detain the attacker until police arrived and arrested him, Behrman said.
It was not immediately clear what condition the victim, who has “longstanding ties to the community,” was in after the stabbing.
A video shared with X by Shmira Public Safety shows the confrontation in front of a group of about four other Jewish men walking together on the sidewalk. The Post has asked Shmira Public Safety for more information.
The Post has contacted the NYPD.
