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Five wounded in stabbing at rabbi's house in Monsey, New York

Attack took place during Chanukah celebration on Saturday evening

December 29, 2019 09:30
Yossi Gestetner of the OJPAC and Evan Bernstein from the ADL speak to the press after the attack
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Five Charedium have been injured in a mass stabbing at a rabbi's house during a Chanukah celebration in New York state.

The attack happened in Monsey at around 9.50pm on Saturday. The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council said those injured were taken to local hospitals. 

Two of them were injured critically, the OJPAC said, and one was stabbed six times. The attacker concealed his face with a scarf.