The NYPD is investigating a suspected arson hate crime at Shalom Japan, a Jewish-Japanese fusion restaurant in Brooklyn. The incident involved an arsonist setting fire to window tarps adorned with Star of David outside the restaurant. The attack is part of a series of hate crimes targeting Jews in New York. A Jewish man was also beaten, robbed, and mocked in a separate hate attack on the first day of Hanukkah. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was federally charged after firing shots outside a New York synagogue. The police are searching for an antisemitic suspect in connection with the hate crime assault.
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Police are investigating a suspected arson hate crime after a man set fire to the outside of a popular Jewish-Japanese fusion restaurant in Brooklyn, the NYPD said https://t.co/PcaCwxFDd5
Arsonist set fire to two window tarps adorned with Star of David outside Brooklyn restaurant, latest hate crime targeting Jews The incident happened outside Shalom Japan, a Jewish and Japanese restaurant in Williamsburg https://t.co/QudwbJJd5H