NYPD shoot knife wielding terrorist attacker in Brooklyn, NY synagogue

New York synagogue stabbing: Suspect shot by police after attack on Jewish student

Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, NY

A Jewish student has been stabbed in the head inside a synagogue in New York by an attacker who was shot dead by police.

Levi Rosenblat was at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn when he was attacked at 1.40am this morning, police said.

His suspected assailant, a 49-year-old man, was shot at the scene after he allegedly refused to drop his knife and was later pronounced dead in hospital.

He had burst inside the synagogue and shouted “I want to kill the Jew!” and “kill the Jews”, witnesses said, before stabbing Mr Rosenblat seemingly at random.

Other members of the synagogue intervened and a tense standoff ensued where worshippers and growing numbers of police attempted to persuade him to put down his weapon…(continue reading at The Independent)