Driver rams car repeatedly into doors of NYC Jewish site, suspect detained

A driver was taken into custody Wednesday night after police stated the particular person intentionally and repeatedly rammed a automobile into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York Metropolis, damaging a number of the Jewish venue’s doorways.

NYPD and Chabad Lubavitch spokesperson Motti Seligson stated there have been no seen accidents.

The automobile was inspected by the NYPD bomb squad and no explosives had been discovered. The driving force yelled at bystanders that he was “sliding” and stated one thing to police about trying to park.

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In response to police, there are not any seen accidents. (AP)

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated the crash is being investigated as a hate crime.

The US Division of Justice additionally introduced that it has opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.

“I’ve directed our legal prosecutors at @CivilRights to open a civil rights investigation into this violent assault,” Assistant Lawyer Basic for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon stated on X.

New York Metropolis Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated the incident was “very alarming” and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated the crash is being investigated as a hate crime. (Getty Pictures)

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated the incident was “very alarming” and that “anti-Semitism has no place in our metropolis.”

“I’m at Chabad World Headquarters 770 in Crown Heights the place a person intentionally and repeatedly crashed his automotive into the constructing. I’m relieved that nobody was injured on this horrific incident,” the mayor wrote on X.

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The US Division of Justice additionally introduced that it has opened a civil rights investigation into the incident. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

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“That is deeply alarming, particularly given the establishment’s deep significance and historical past for therefore many in New York and around the globe,” he continued. “Any risk to a Jewish establishment or place of worship have to be taken severely. Anti-Semitism has no place in our metropolis, and violence or intimidation in opposition to Jewish New Yorkers is unacceptable.”

Mamdani added: “I stand in solidarity with the Jewish group in Crown Heights, and I’m grateful to our first responders for his or her fast motion. I’ll hold New Yorkers knowledgeable as we study extra in regards to the incident.”