Man charged with hate crime after allegedly stabbing Jewish man in Brooklyn

Attack occurred near synagogue in Crown Heights neighborhood early on Saturday morning

A New York City man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime after police say he yelled “Free Palestine” and then stabbed a Jewish man near a synagogue over the weekend.

Police say the attack happened at about 2am on Saturday in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn near the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.