Brooklyn politicians respond to 770 Eastern Parkway synagogue knife attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed an Israeli student in the head inside a Brooklyn synagogue early Tuesday before being fatally shot by a police officer after he refused to drop the knife, officials report. Police told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle that officers responded to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic world headquarters in Crown Heights following calls that someone had been stabbed inside the synagogue.
According to witness reports, the attacker stormed into the Brooklyn synagogue and was heard saying, “Kill the Jews” repeatedly. The victim, Levi Rosenblatt, was studying inside the synagogue at the time of the attack, said Motti Seligson, spokesman for Chabad-Lubavitch.