Double stabbing in New York City being investigated as possible hate crime

Suspect allegedly yelled Allahu Akbar' before attacking a 57-year-old Asian man and a 50-year-old Jewish man

New York City police are investigating a pair of stabbings near Central Park as a possible hate crime, police commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday.

The suspect, Raul Morales, allegedly stabbed a 57-year-old Asian man in the back with a knife, then stabbed a 50-year-old Jewish man in the torso with a screwdriver, according to a New York police department spokesperson. Morales allegedly yelled Allahu Akbar" before the stabbings, police said. The attacks occurred about two blocks apart and in broad daylight in Manhattan's affluent Upper West Side neighborhood.