Kiryas Yoel – A suspect is under arrest after allegedly stabbing a man with an ice pick inside a shul in Kiryas Yoel, reports News 12 Hudson Valley.
Police say the victim had just finished davening when he was attacked inside the shul shortly before 1 p.m.
The suspect, Jae Kyung Lee, was quickly taken out of the Charidim shul on Van Buren Drive in handcuffs.
56-year-old Lee, who lives in Monroe, is a janitor at the shul. He attacked 35-year-old R’ Eliezer Wolner in the leg with a screwdriver. Police say the attack does not appear to be a hate crime.
Hatzalah treated the victim at the scene for a puncture wound.
Despite the incident , the shul is open.
Jae Kyung Lee is charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon and will face a judge later this evening.
{Gavriel Sitrit-Matzav.com Newscenter}
just curious was it an ice pick or a screwdriver
It’s a screwdriver and somebody is claiming it was an icepick. Obviously. Thats what I got out of it