No bail for Boston man accused of stabbing rabbi; ICE brought into case
A 24-year-old native of Egypt is being held without bail after being accused of stabbing a city rabbi “seven or eight times” in a daylight attack some are demanding be treated as a hate crime.
That stabbing suspect, Khaled Awad of Brighton, is also being investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and won’t be let out until at least a dangerousness hearing is held July 8, a judge ruled today at his arraignment in Brighton District Court.
He’s accused of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a police officer.
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins told the Herald earlier Friday she plans to investigate the vicious attack as a hate crime, and said Jewish communities have become targets for vitriol nationwide.
A motive for the attack was not revealed in court.
As the Herald has reported, Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was stabbed multiple times outside the Shaloh House Jewish Day School in Brighton at around 1 p.m. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries to his arm, and a suspect was placed under arrest, according to police.
Noginski is a rabbi and teacher at the Chabad institution. He’s an Israeli citizen who came to the Boston area for a short period of time as an “emissary” to spread the Chabad message, Consul General of Israel to New England Meron Reuben said.
This is a developing story …
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