A suspect is in police custody.Breaking news out of Boston - a Chabad Rabbi has been stabbed. pic.twitter.com/1T9KYHbzCM
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A Boston Police Department spokesperson said the victim was stabbed outside the building that houses the school and synagogue on Chestnut Hill Street in the Brighton neighborhood.
According to COLLIVE, a publication that focuses on the Chabad community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the school is hosting a Jewish summer camp, which went into lockdown at the time of the stabbing.
According to Chabad.org, the attacker was arrested while holding a knife and gun.
Shai spoke with Noginski Friday, assuring him that the State of Israel and the Diaspora Affairs Ministry are committed to fighting antisemitism around the world.
“When a Chabad emissary is stabbed outside a Chabad building, you don’t have to investigate too hard to identify that it is a clear case of Jew hatred,” said Shai.