🔴 A 17-year-old was arrested after targeting a man near a Teaneck synagogue, police said.
🔴 The victim said his attackers demanded that he take a side in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
🔴 The victim was struck over 10 times by Orbeez-style pellets during two separate drive-by encounters.
TEANECK — A teenager is charged with a bias crime and assault after demanding that a man walking near a synagogue choose to support Israel or Palestine, according to police.
The 17-year-old male was arrested Sunday night in Teaneck. He’s being held at the Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center.
Teaneck police said the victim was a 19-year-old local man who was wearing visible religious garments. He was attacked around 6 p.m. Sunday while walking along Ogden Ave. near Congregation Bnai Yeshurun…