Home NEWS - CRIME Surveillance video captures Hanukkah stabbing suspect fleeing the scene (ASL – 12.30.19)
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It’s believe this surveillance video shows Hanukkah stabbing suspect Grafton Thomas a few minutes after the attack at a home in Monsey, New York Saturday night.
The video was recorded from a neighbor’s home.
It shows a a ma running to a car and driving off.
CNN obtained the video from a source in the Jewish community with knowledge of the investigation who requested anonymity.
Thomas is accused of stabbing five people at a rabbi’s house while they were celebrating the seventh night of Hanukkah.
Authorities say Thomas was driving a Nissan Sentra across the George Washington Bridge into New York City when his car’s tag was captured by a license plate reader.
Police say they apprehended Thomas without incident.
He has pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and one count of first-degree burglary.
Bail was set at $5 million.
Family and friends of Thomas say he has no known history of anti-Semitism but he has a long history of mental illness.
However the governor of New York wants the state’s hate crimes task force to investigate.
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