Suspect in NYC stabbings charged with attempted murder, hate crimes, held without bail | CNN

A man who allegedly stabbed two people in separate incidents in New York City went before a judge late Friday night to face a slew of hate-crime charges, officials said. Raul Morales, 51, was charged with two counts of attempted murder in the second degree as a hate crime; one count of assault in the first degree as a hate crime; one count of assault in the second degree as a hate crime; and one count of attempted assault in the first degree as a hate crime, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. He was remanded in custody without bail. His attorney did not immediately return a request for comment. Two men were stabbed Thursday afternoon in broad daylight on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, according to police. Both are expected to survive. Prosecutors alleged in court that Morales first approached a 57-year-old Asian man from behind and shouted “Allahu Akbar” before plunging a knife into his back, without provocation. He then walked down the block, passing a synagogue while shouting “Justice for Islam” and “Allahu Akbar,” they said. Morales was four blocks from the first attack when he found his second victim, said prosecutors: a Jewish man wearing a kippah who