Jewish man slashed in front of unidentified incident with details of attacker

A Jewish man suffered a near-fatal anti-Semitic attack in Brooklyn on October 28, in an incident that the NYPD is investigating as a hate crime.

The Jewish man, named Sadya Liberow, was cut in front while walking at the intersection of Flatbush and Lafayette Avenue.

Liberow, a father of two daughters under the age of three, was approached by a masked man who shouted “Fuck you guys”, which Liberow said was an obvious reference to Jews. The attacker slashed Liberow’s face with a blade before leaving the scene.

After the attacker left, Liberow called 911 and Hatzalah himself and then took off his shirt to bandage his face to stop the bleeding, said his mother, Nechama. Jerusalem Post.

Sayda Liberow called the attack on him a “vicious act of hate” which was yet another in a “disturbing” one. increase in hate crimes against Jews in our city, state and country.”

Screenshot of the suspect wanted for stabbing a Jewish man in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City on October 29, 2024. (Credit: NYPD Crime Stoppers)

“I trust that the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit will take this case with the seriousness it deserves and hopefully apprehend the masked anti-Jewish individual before other Jews are targeted and attacked,” he added.

Liberow needed 18 internal and external stitches and two hours of facial plastic surgery to seal the wound, which stretches from the corner of his mouth to his ear, Nechama said. The Jerusalem Post. She added that her son now has difficulty speaking and sleeping and cannot eat solid food for several days.

“I was walking down the street to go to the Apple store and instead I got cut in the face,” Liberow told NBC New York. “I felt the blood running down my face.”

Liberow’s mother, Nechama, told NBC that “(the attacker) came up to my son saying ‘Fuck you guys.’ “Guys” is us. “Boys” is the Jewish community. I cannot sit quietly while so many Jews are under attack.”

The attacker has not yet been identified

In her conversation with Itemt, Nechama thanked the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit for their assistance in finding the attacker, but noted the challenges facing the investigative team because the attacker was fully masked, wearing a puffy coat and almost completely covered near the eyes, meaning that you don’t have to yet. be identified.

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According to the NYPD, there were 312 incidents anti-Semite motivated crimes so far in 2024. 230 were recorded in 2023.

The Jew Hate Database called on the authorities to take swift and decisive action and also called on law enforcement and local leaders to condemn acts of hate.

The organization is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the attacker.