Man puts two officers in 'targeted' attack within Manhattan Courthouse, motif that is being investigated | Today news
Queens Man, 37, cut two officers in a knife attack at Manhattan Criminal Court; Trapped on video before being muted. Victims stable; charges pending. Jonathan Wohl stabbed two officers in a shocking knife attack at the Manhattan Criminal Court. The suspect, a well -known troublemaker in the court of law, was tackled and arrested on the spot. A 37-year-old Queens man launched a violent knife attack in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday morning (June 16), who cut off two court officials in what officials described as a ‘targeted’ assault. The suspect, identified as Jonathan Wohl, was quietly walked into the building in the building at 09:30 in the building in the building before he suddenly attacked. The New York Post obtained cold footage in which Wohl threw in a court officer near the metal detectors, and cut him in the face, and quickly turned to put a second officer in the neck. A third officer was plugged into a barrier when he tried to intervene. Officers injured, suspected, despite the violent attack, several other court officials answered quickly, tackled Wohl on the ground and disarmed him. “Several court officials immediately rushed to stop the attacker, submit him near a bank with magnetometers, disarm him and arrest him,” a spokeswoman for the Court Administration Office (OCA) said. The wounded officers were taken to a hospital and said it was in stable condition. Complaints against Wohl is pending. Repeated offender, known to the law enforcement sources of the court, told Die Post that WOHL was a well -known troublemaker in the Gerechts Building, which regularly plagues the staff. “He always plagued the court officials,” a police source said. “He said he wanted to kill them.” Another court officer reflects the concern: ‘He comes to the building and causes problems, upsets the court officials – but nothing like this. ‘Officials confirmed that WOHL had no scheduled court appearance on Monday, and that his motive was still being investigated.