13-Year-Old Arrested For Upper West Side Antisemitic Attack: Police

Upper West Side NY

07 April, 2022

2:36 PM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A 13-year-old boy was arrested on Wednesday in connection to threatening a group of teenagers with a sword and making anti-Jewish statements, an NYPD spokesperson said. The unnamed teenager was charged with aggravated harassment, criminal possession of a weapon, and menacing, according to police. The 13-year-old was with two other unidentified young males, who approached a group of six Jewish boys on Saturday around West 86th Street and West End and said that they "wanted to get them" because they were Jewish, police said. Read More: Sword-Armed Teens Threaten Kids On UWS In Antisemitic Attack: NYPD