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Man indicted by grand jury over 2 alleged stabbings on Upper West Side last week By Eyewitness News Friday, July 31, 2026 12:33AM Stream New York's #1 news - AccuWeather - original content 24/7 NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A grand jury in New York handed up an indictment Thursday against the man who allegedly stabbed two people on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, after shouting "Allahu Akbar."
The 51-year-old suspect, Raul Morales, stabbed an Asian man and a Jewish man in two separate attacks on Thursday, July 23. Morales had previously been charged by complaint with hate crimes.
According to investigators, the first attack happened around 1:30 p.m. near Central Park West and West 84th Street, where a 57-year-old Asian man was stabbed in the back. A short time later, police say a 50-year-old Jewish man was stabbed near West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, close to a synagogue.
The day after the attacks, he shouted cryptic responses when asked why he attacked the men. In the courtroom he also shouted that he "loved his mother."
The indictment will be unsealed when Morales appears in court September 22, at which point the exact charges will be revealed.
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