Los Angeles police said Sunday that they are increasing patrols near Jewish synagogues in the area “out of an abundance of caution” after a man stabbed five people celebrating Hanukkah in New York.
“The LAPD stands with members of our Jewish community,” Police Chief Michel Moore tweeted Sunday. “Out of an abundance of caution, we have increased patrols in and around Jewish communities and places of worship in response to last nights horrific anti-Semitic attack in New York.
There is no place for hate in Los Angeles.”
Saturday night’s attack at the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey — a New York City suburb — sent five people to the hospital, with one reportedly in critical condition.
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, visiting the rabbi’s home on Sunday morning, called the attack an “act of domestic terrorism.”
A 38-year-old suspect was later arrested in Harlem in connection with the attack.