Republican candidate for New York governor Lee Zeldin attacked at event

Zeldin, who is unharmed, was giving speech when a man climbed onstage and appeared to begin wrestling with him

US Representative Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor running against Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, was attacked by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday, but the congressman managed to escape uninjured, his campaign said.

Zeldin was giving a speech when a man climbed onstage and appeared to begin wrestling with the congressman, said Katie Vincentz, a spokesperson for his campaign.