Syringe-Wielding Attacker Stabs Rabbi with Syringe, Targeted Another Jewish Man, Then Stopped When Third Said He Was Muslim

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Maniac busted for stabbing rabbi with syringe in NYC — as cops reveal she attacked another Jewish victim minutes later

Anna Mochalova followed a Chabad rabbi, 26, before stabbing him with what is believed to be a syringe in the Diamond District; police say she attacked a Jewish man two hours earlier; both incidents are being investigated as hate crimes

Mochalova bumped into one victim several times, causing a stinging sensation in his right arm, prosecutors alleged – before chillingly telling the man “run away from here. I have a gun. I’m going to shoot you,” according to authorities.

Woman Allegedly Stabbed Rabbi with Syringe, Targeted Another Jewish Man, Then Stopped When Third Said He Was Muslim

Anna Mochalova, 32, is accused of attacking two Jewish men in Midtown Manhattan, including a rabbi allegedly stabbed with a needle

By KC Baker Published on October 26, 2026 04:48PM EDT

On Saturday night, Anna Mochalova, 32, of Brighton Beach, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault in the second degree as a hate crime, one count of menacing in the second degree as a hate crime, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and two counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, according to a criminal complaint by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and obtained by PEOPLE.

The first alleged attack occurred around 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, when Mochalova followed a man wearing traditional Hasidic Jewish clothing outside 15 W. 47th St., near Fifth Avenue, according to the criminal complaint. Prosecutors allege she cornered him against a car and stabbed him in the back with a sharp object.

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The first man told police he felt a “sharp, stinging sensation” in his lower back, the complaint said.

As a result, he said he suffered a laceration to his lower back, bleeding and substantial pain and was “in fear for his immediate physical safety,” according to the complaint.

The New York Post identified the first victim as a 26-year-old rabbi.

Shortly after, at about 5:55 p.m., Mochalova allegedly followed a man wearing a yarmulke and stabbed him in his right forearm with a needle at the intersection of Sixth Ave. and W. 45th St., the complaint alleges.

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