Crime & Safety
2 Teens Face Hate Crime Charge After Bed-Stuy Synagogue Attack
Police have arrested two 13-year-olds they believe threw a pole through a Bed-Stuy synagogue window last weekend.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Two 13-year-olds face hate crime charges for throwing a pipe through a Bed-Stuy synagogue window last weekend, police said.
Two teens have been charged for smashing a metal pole through a glass window at the Synagogue Volkan on the corner of Franklin and Myrtle avenues at about 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 3, police said.
One teen was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and another with aggravated harassment based on race or religion, according to police.
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WANTED: On Nov 3 at 5:24 pm, a male teenager threw a pipe into the window of Synagogue Volkan on 154 Franklin Avenue in #Brooklyn. He then ran southbound on Franklin Ave and in the course of running, pushed a 10-year-old girl to the ground. Call @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS with info pic.twitter.com/u24rN5za3t
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 7, 2018
Additional footage of the incident at Synagogue Volkan in #Brooklyn. Call @NYPDtips at #800577TIPS with information. pic.twitter.com/bt5r39t7nw
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 7, 2018
The kids also shoved a 10-year-old girl to the ground when they ran away toward Willoughby Avenue, police said.
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The two 13-year-olds' names were not released.
Photos and video courtesy of the NYPD
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