Khaled Awad, 24, was in the country illegally having overstayed his visa
He had entered legally on a student visa but that expired on May 14
Awad was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a police officer
Rabbi Shlomo Noginksi was stabbed outside Shaloh House, a Jewish Day School and synagogue, in Brighton, Boston, at 1.20pm on Thursday
Boston Police Department have since arrested him on suspicion of carrying out the stabbing
Rabbi Noginski, who is a teacher and rabbi at the Shaloh House, was sat outside when the suspect launched his attack on him
After Boston Chabad Rabbi Stabbed, Jewish Community âAngryâ and âUnitedâ
âAt a time of rising violence anti-Semitism across this country no Jew, no building, no part of our community, no neighborhood will stand alone,â said the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Bostonâs Executive Director Jeremy Burton.
(JNS) Hundreds of people attended a unity rally in Boston on Friday morning to show their solidarity with the Jewish community one day after a Chabad rabbi was stabbed outside a Jewish day school.
Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was sitting on the steps outside the Shaloh House, which was in use as a summer camp, when 24-year-old Khaled Awad allegedly came over with a gun in hand and asked the rabbi to lead him to his car. When they reached the car, Noginski ran, but not before being stabbed eight times. Noginski was treated at a local hospital.
Khaled Awad Charged in Stabbing of Boston-Area Rabbi
2 Jul 2021
Khaled Awad, the 24-year-old man suspected of stabbing Rabbi Shlomo Noginski multiple times in broad daylight outside a Boston-area Jewish school on Thursday, has been charged in a Massachusetts court Friday.
Awad of Brighton, was arrested shortly after the attack outside the Shaloh House on Chestnut Hill Avenue. Boston Police said he was armed with a knife and gun. He’s charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a police officer. He will be arraigned in Brighton District Court.
Investigators said Awad came up to Rabbi Noginski Thursday afternoon, pointed a gun at him, and told him to open his van. The rabbi gave him the key, but there was a struggle and Noginski was stabbed eight times in the arm as he tried to run to Brighton Common, the park across the street.
Midday Stabbing of Rabbi In Front Of Jewish School Sends Shock Waves Through Brighton
Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was stabbed Thursday, July 1 outside Shaloh House, a Jewish school in Brighton.
Meg Woolhouse/ GBH News
Thursday s stabbing of a rabbi by an Egyptian man with a history of mental illness is under investigation as a possible hate crime.
Police are holding 24-year-old Khaled Amgad Awad without bail, after he is accused of attacking Rabbi Shlomo Noginski in broad daylilght on Thursday outside a Jewish elemtary school in a busy residential neighborhood in Brighton. Police said Awad also brandished a firearm at the rabbi and later when he was approached by police.