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A motorist jumped a curb and tried to mow down people outside an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City on Wednesday, authorities said. The driver of a 2011 Ford Crown Victoria yelled antisemitic words as his car left the road went toward people on the sidewalk near 56th Street and Glenwood Road a little before 11:25 a.m. in Brooklyn, according to an New York City Police Department statement.
Al Asghar, 58, was arrested and charged with a slew of offenses including attempted murder in the second degree as a hate crime, officials said. It wasn't immediately clear on Thursday morning if the suspect had hired or been assigned a criminal defense lawyer to speak on his behalf. New York City Council Member Farah Louis called the incident in her district, at Mesivta Nachlas Yakov School in Canarsie, a 'senseless act of bigotry and violence.
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