NYPD shoots man who stabbed student in Brooklyn synagogue

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A knife-wielding man stabbed an Israeli student in the head inside a Brooklyn synagogue early Tuesday before being fatally shot by police after he refused to drop the knife, authorities said.

The man stormed into the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic world headquarters in Crown Heights at about 1:40 a.m. and attacked Levi Rosenblat, who was studying inside the synagogue, spokesman Motti Seligson said. He said there were other people inside at the time.

The incident was captured on camera

According to witnesses, the attacker was heard saying repeatedly "Kill the Jews," said Chaim Landa, another spokesman for Chabad-Lubavitch. Several other people immediately intervened, he said Read more...

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