A Brooklyn woman accused of stalking a rabbi before stabbing him with a syringe in Manhattan’s Diamond District allegedly attacked another man just two hours earlier, police said.Anna Mochalova, 32, was arrested Saturday evening and charged with eight counts each of assault and menacing, along with two counts each of aggravated harassment and criminal possession of a weapon, police confirmed to Fox News Digital.Manhattan Shomrim Safety Patrol credited its volunteers, the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force, Shomrim groups in Crown Heights and Queens, and tips from the public with helping secure the arrest.MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, HATE CRIMES AFTER ALLEGEDLY DISRUPTING SHABBAT SERVICES AT NYC SYNAGOGUESurveillance video captures the area outside Diamond District storefronts during the encounter involving a rabbi who was stabbed Oct.21, police said.
(Manhattan Shomrim Safety Patrol)"The suspect wanted for Wednesday’s two hate crime assaults in Midtown Manhattan is now in custody," the group wrote on X.The arrest followed a public appeal from Manhattan Shomrim seeking witnesses and security camera, dashcam or cellphone video from the Diamond District.BRONX MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING SHABBAT WORSHIPPERS ADMITTED MOTIVE IN RECORDED INTERVIEW, FEDS SAYA surveillance image shared by Manhattan Shomrim shows the suspect in the Oct.21 attack on a rabbi in Manhattan’s Diamond District.
(Manhattan Shomrim Safety Patrol)The first attack was reported at about 5:50 p.m.Wednesday at West 45th Street and Avenue of the Americas, according to police.A 37-year-old man told officers a person deliberately collided with him.
When he confronted the person, he was struck in the forearm with a sharp object, suffering a laceration, police said.NY ASSEMBLYMAN CALLS FOR DOJ TO INVESTIGATE MAMDANI, PROTECT JEWISH NEW YORKERS AFTER STABBING ATTACKSManhattan Shomrim shared an arrest announcement after Anna Mochalova was taken into custody in connection with two Midtown assaults.(Manhattan Sho...