Man Armed with Knife and Baseball Bat Removed from Chabad Synagogue in New York

A man armed with a knife and a baseball bat was removed from the Chabad synagogue located on Eastern Parkway at the 770 World Headquarters in New York yesterday and subsequently arrested, according to the New York Police Department. The individual, an African American man wearing a kippah, is well known to both the NYPD and the 770 synagogue staff, with a history of visiting the site, as stated by Chabad activist Yaakov Berman.

Berman confirmed the man was removed from the synagogue, noting that he appeared unstable and had visited the location multiple times before. Chabad leadership had previously requested that the NYPD bar the man from entering the synagogue. The arrest does not currently appear to be linked to any broader threat or security concern, according to Berman. No further details about the man's identity or the circumstances of his arrest have been released at this time.