A suspect is in custody after two men were reportedly stabbed in Manhattan's Upper West Side Thursday afternoon, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) told Fox News Digital.City officials described the violence as an "antisemitic stabbing," though police have not yet identified a motive or said whether the attacks are being investigated as a hate crime."I am absolutely sickened and furious by what appears to be an antisemitic stabbing on the Upper West Side," New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin wrote in a post on X.The stabbings happened near West 84th Street and Central Park West, an area with a large Jewish community.NYC ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS NEARLY TRIPLE DESPITE OTHER CRIMES REACHING RECORD LOWSFILE - Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, during an announcement in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, Jan.12, 2026.
(John Lamparski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)According to the NYPD, the two men were stabbed in what appeared to be separate attacks nearby.A 57-year-old man was reportedly attacked near West 84th Street and Central Park West just after 1:30 p.m.local time.Officials said officers found him conscious and alert with a stab wound to his back.
He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.Investigators later found a 50-year-old man nearby with a stab wound to his torso.He was also conscious and alert, and was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.CALLS FOR US TO DO MORE AS ANTISEMITIC ACTS SKYROCKET IN EUROPE: 'ENORMOUSLY PAINFUL'FILE - An Israeli flag is fixed to a street sign as police stand by on June 1, 2025.
(ELI IMADALI/AFP via Getty Images)WABC reported that police are investigating whether the suspect used a knife or a screwdriver during the alleged attacks."While we await additional details to be confirmed, we know that what is happening in our city is abhorrent," Menin said."The fear in the Jewish community is real.
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