After Week-Long Manhunt, Stabber at Rubashkin’s Apprehended

The attacker who stabbed Chaim M., a 28-year-old Lubavitcher bochur from Russia, outside the Rubashkin home on President Street was apprehended in a joint operation between local security watches and the police force.

By Anash.org Reporter

The attacker who stabbed Chaim M., a 28-year-old Lubavitcher bochur from Russia, outside the Rubashkin home on President Street was apprehended today in a joint operation between Shomrim and the local police force.

As reported on Anash.org, last Monday, Chaim M., a 28-year-old Lubavitcher bochur from Russia was outside the Rubashkin home on President Street , was suddenly attacked while the attacker reportedly shouted, “There’s no one here to help you,” before the attacker fled the scene. After a week-long manhunt, officers from the NYPD 71 precinct have successfully tracked and apprehended the attacker.

Rubashkin home on President Street serves as both a soup kitchen and a venue for small events and simchas throughout the year. According to reports, the attacker was a non-Jewish man who had been around the Crown Heights community posing as a Jew and benefiting from the community’s amazing Chesed.

Crown Heights Hatzalah arrived in record time and provided him with immediate medical care before he was rushed to Kings County Hospital in critical condition. Crown Heights community security activists arrived soon at the scene and went through the painstaking effort of identifying and tracking down the attacker by obtaining and reviewing security camera footage of the incident and the path where the attacker fled.

Doctors at the hospital said that it’s a miracle that his main artery wasn’t severed and encouragingly, the victim’s condition is improving and doctors are optimistic that he will make a full recovery.

Shomrim thanked “the great detective work of the NYPD 71 precinct” and praised their surveillance team, noting that the initial pictures and videos they provided were critical in tracking down and apprehending the suspect.