A Brooklyn girl accused of stabbing two males with a syringe in midtown Manhattan now faces federal hate crime prices.
The suspect, Anna Mochalova, was arrested Saturday after she allegedly adopted a person wearing conventional Hasidic Jewish clothes within the Diamond District on Oct. 21, then cornered him and jabbed him with a needle, based on a previous prison criticism.
Shortly after, she attacked one other man who was sporting a yarmulke, investigators mentioned. The 32-year-old Mochalova additionally approached a 3rd man and requested if he was Jewish, however when he mentioned he was Muslim, she apologized and walked away.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of New York charged the Brighton Seashore resident with hate crimes in connection to the alleged assaults.
Mochalova beforehand pleaded not responsible to native prices of second-degree assault and second-degree menacing as hate crimes, in addition to aggravated harassment and weapon possession. Legal professional info for Mochalova was not instantly accessible.
Surveilance video exhibits the attacker simply to the proper of a sufferer as they stand close to a automobile within the Diamond District (Picture obtained by NBC New York)
