A man repeatedly drove a car into a Brooklyn Jewish centre, prompting a hate crime probe amid heightened security and a spike in antisemitic incidents.
NEW YORK: Police are investigating a possible hate crime after a car crashed into an Orthodox Jewish centre.
A man was arrested after repeatedly driving into the rear door of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (pic) said.
Footage shared online shows the driver ram into the building’s door before reversing and ploughing into it again.
No injuries were reported from the incident.
The police have “significantly increased security” around places of worship, including counter-terror and bomb squad deployments, Tisch added.
New York, home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, is on high alert amid a spike in reports of antisemitic attacks.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the crash was “deeply alarming”.
“Any threat to a Jewish institution or place of worship must be taken seriously,” he wrote on social media platform X.
“Antisemitism has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Jewish New Yor
