A Jewish man was stabbed on a Brooklyn street corner Tuesday afternoon in what cops are investigating as a possible antisemitic assault on the third night of Hanukkah.
The 35-year-old victim was attacked by another man in what began as a “seemingly random” verbal altercation between the pair in Crown Heights, police said, adding that they are investigating reports that the suspect made “antisemitic comments” ahead of the knifing.
The victim — whom the Crown Heights Shmira Patrol identified as Jewish — was stabbed once in the chest at the corner of Kingston Avenue and Lincoln Place around 4 p.m., according to the NYPD.
The cowardly suspect attempted to break away from the verbal dispute, but the victim followed him down the street. Then, the suspect pulled “a sharp object” out and stabbed the victim in the chest, cops said.
Even after being stabbed, the persistent victim continued to follow the suspect for another block until his attacker eventually slipped away, according to police.
The man, whose name was not shared, was rushed to Kings County Hospital Center in stable condition, authorities said.
The NYPD has since “deployed dozens of additional officers to Crown Heights” and is working to track down the alleged perpetrator.
The suspect was last seen wearing a black varsity athletics jacket and a pair of jeans. The back of the jacket read “Genuine” and had the number “91” printed on one arm, according to images released by the NYPD.
The shocking assault comes a day after two hateful attackers threatened a group of young Jewishstudents while they were riding the subway after a Hanukkah celebration in Union Square.
One of the students told The Post that one assailant said he would kill them and started shouting “F–k the Jews” while they left the station. The victims noted that their harassers appeared to be father and son.
Cops believe the Monday assault on the subway — which was caught on a now viral video — originally stemmed from a dispute over a seat. The two incidents are not connected, police said.
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