{"id":5334,"date":"2026-07-25T14:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5334"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:06:35","slug":"suspected-uws-stabber-who-screamed-allahu-akbar-has-karl-marx-books-writings-inside-his-nyc-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5334","title":{"rendered":"Suspected UWS stabber who screamed \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 has Karl Marx books, writings inside his NYC apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The madman who screamed \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d while stabbing an Asian and Jewish man in separate harrowing hate attacks on the Upper West Side had a Karl Marx book inside his apartment, according to police.<\/p>\n

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Raul Morales \u2013 who\u2019s been hit with attempted murder and hate crime charges, and faces up to 40 years in prison \u2013 was arrested Thursday for the violent rampage.<\/p>\n

Investigators later probed the 51-year-old\u2019s shared apartment on Amsterdam Avenue, discovering writings of Marx \u2013 widely considered the father of communism \u2013 in his bedroom, according to information at Morales\u2019 Friday night arraignment that was obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n

They also reportedly discovered two Qurans, a Jehovah\u2019s Witness Bible, and a book on Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.<\/p>\n

Morales allegedly first stabbed a 57-year-old Asian man in the back with a knife near West 84th Street and Central Park West around 1:30 p.m Thursday, cops said.<\/p>\n

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He then charged at Moshe Yezhak Grunhaus, 50, and stabbed him in the chest with a screwdriver, cops said. The unsuspecting victim was wearing a yarmulke and leaving a synagogue on Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street at the time of the brazen attack.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on the Upper West Side stabbings:<\/strong><\/h2>\n