Man who stabbed 2 near New York’s Central Park yelled ‘Allahu Akbar,’ police say

The stabbings occurred about a block apart in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, law enforcement sources said.

A man accused of stabbing two people near Manhattan’s Central Park on Thursday reportedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” during the attacks, the city’s police commissioner said.

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The stabbings on the Upper West Side occurred at around 1:31 p.m., and both victims, who are adult men, were stable at a hospital and expected to survive, the New York City Police Department said.

Raul Morales, 51, was arrested, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement on X.