ליידער די רוצחים זענען טאקע נאר דער סקווערער מנהיג די בחורים זענען נעבך אימשילדיגט
| רבינחום כתב: |  | איך גלייב נישט אז דער סקווערער הנהגה איז עלול אויף רציחה
די שאלה איז נאר ווי קומט צו א בחור אזא איינפאל בכלל? |
|
*-- articlepag maco local 1.2 with local articlepag submacro *
*-- HEAD *
New Square man attacked, suffers serious body burns
NEW SQUARE — A Truman Avenue man suffered severe body burns early this morning when he fought off a village resident armed with an incendiary device during a fight involving a simmering religious controversy, Ramapo police said. Ramapo police said they later arrested 18-year-old Shaul Spitzer of Adams Lane on felony counts of first-degree attempted arson and first-degree assault.
He had serious burns to his hands and arms and has been hospitalized, police said. Other charges are possible against Spitzer, including attempted murder or possibly murder if the victim dies at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, police said. The victim, 43, whose name is being withheld by The Journal News, suffered third-degree burns to 50 percent of his body, police said. Police said they are aware that the Truman Avenue family had been targeted before with violence and protests by religious zealots because the victim prayed outside the community's main synagogue used by the Skver Hasidic grand rabbi, the worldwide community's dynastic leader. Police investigators said today that they have no evidence of any connection between today's attack at 4:12 a.m. and past incidents against the family and other dissidents in the community. The vacant upper floor of a Bush Lane house caught fire recently where another dissident family lived. "I know there is a history there and we're aware of problems within the community," Ramapo Police Detective Lt. Mark Emma said today. "We have no evidence there is a connection. We're still investigating." The Truman Avenue family installed surveillance cameras because of previous incidents. Just after 4 a.m. today, a young man living in the Truman Avenue house woke his father up after hearing someone on the porch, police said. Four people were in the house. The family members began watching a security camera monitor when they saw a man later identified as Spitzer throw something onto their rear deck, Emma said. Emma said the item turned out to be a rag soaked in flammable liquid. The father and a son went outside, where the father confronted Spitzer, Emma said. "Somehow — we're not sure yet — the victim's clothes caught on fire," Emma said. "He has severe burns to his face, arms and chest." The victim's son rolled his father on the ground to put out the flames, Emma said. "The suspect fled the scene, but we were able to track him down" at 8:30 a.m., Emma said. Rockland Paramedics Inc. and police found the victim sitting on the front steps of his house. The suspect was taken to Nyack Hospital for the burns and later transferred to Cornell Medical Center in New York City, Emma said. Ramapo police were later assisted by the Rockland Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation fire unit and the Rockland County Computer Crimes Unit. Check back later for updates on this story and read more Monday in The Journal News and on LoHud.com.
תוקן על ידי boyskver ב- 22/05/2011 21:41:27
|
