Oregon man allegedly behind bomb threats targeting Jewish hospitals in NYC
An Oregon man was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats, according to prosecutors.
An Oregon man was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats, according to prosecutors.
Between May and September 2021, Domagoj Patkovic, 31, made at least six phone calls to Jewish hospitals in Queens and Nassau County, as well as a care center network with locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, according to an indictment filed in the Eastern District of New York.
Under several aliases, the Portland resident told medical staff he had planted bombs or backpacks with C-4 explosives around the facilities and threatened to detonate them.
Patkovic used anti-semitic slurs while making the violent threats, according to an indictment. He live-streamed his calls on platforms like Discord.
On several occasions, local police conducted bomb sweeps in response to hospital notifications, the indictment said. One hospital in Long Island entered a lockdown and was partly evacuated due to a September 2021 threat.
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