Accusation of Islamist attack on rabbi in NYC subway
The case is against 18-year old Ali Hussein, accused of snatching Ohana’s yarmulke last week inside a Park Slope subway station. It was an offense Ohana says he couldn’t let pass.
“I decided to chase him to get my yarmulke back,” Ohana said….
Rabbi Ohana says as he ran back down the station’s stairs two of Hussein’s friends got up from this bench and chased him out of the station.
“They were screaming ‘Allah Akhbar (God is great) and punching my face,” Ohana said.
But Ohana says things came to a head when Hussein was hit by a car as he ran out onto Fourth Avenue. EMS officials confirm responding to a call at that time and location for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.