Stamford Hill rabbi named as victim of Stoke Newington stabbing attack

[Mosby]

Lee Harpin

June 12, 2020 17:02

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A Stamford Hill rabbi named as victim of Stoke Newington stabbing attack
Two Jewish construction site workers tell how they restrained alleged attacker after the incident on Stoke Newington High Street


A Strictly Orthodox rabbi from Stamford Hill’s Satmar community has been named as the victim of the stabbing which took place in Stoke Newington, Hackney, on Friday morning.

Rabbi Alter Yaakov Schlesinger, in his 50s, was queuing outside a Nat West bank branch on Stoke Newington High Street, Hackney, before he was attacked.

Witnesses described how a man in his 40s ran off a bus and allegedly set upon the rabbi with a large knife just before 11am.

MailOnLine reported that construction site manager Lazar Friedlander and his brother Matt, who are Jewish, had run towards the alleged attacker and restrained him after hearing a 'serious scream'.

Rabbi Schlesinger was stabbed multiple times, including in the head, before the alleged attacker was tackled by two workmen and a Deliveroo driver.

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/stamford-hill-rabbi-named-as-victim-of-stoke-newington-stabbing-attack-1.500624

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1. ...local Hatzolah volunteers saying it was "an absolute miracle" he was not injured more seriously.

From the OP's link. I had to know.

[JudyM]

2. Attempted murder. Hopefully they'll bump it up by calling it a hate crime.