A Jewish man walking through Manhattan’s busy Diamond District was followed and stabbed in the back by a woman who appeared to approach him and begin talking before suddenly attacking him, according to surveillance footage that helped police investigate the disturbing incident.
The attack happened Wednesday, October 21, shortly before 6 p.m. on West 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, leaving the victim needing medical attention and raising concerns about a possible hate crime in one of New York City’s busiest commercial neighborhoods.
PIX11 News reporter Julie Millet covered the incident in a recent video report, speaking with witnesses who described the encounter and examining footage that captured the woman’s movements. Since that report, police have arrested a 32-year-old Brooklyn woman in connection with the case.
Surveillance Video Captures Attack in Diamond District
The footage obtained by PIX11 shows a woman following a man along West 47th Street before getting close enough to strike him in the back with an unidentified object, which investigators initially believed might have been a syringe…