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13-Year-Old Arrested For Upper West Side Antisemitic Attack: Police

The unnamed teenager was arrested for aggravated harassment, criminal possession of a weapon, and menacing, police said.

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An image of three teens, including one arrested on Thursday, in connection to an antisemitic attack on the Upper West Side.
An image of three teens, including one arrested on Thursday, in connection to an antisemitic attack on the Upper West Side. (Photo courtesy of NYPD)

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A 13-year-old boy was arrested on Wednesday in connection to threatening a group of teenagers with a sword and making anti-Jewish statements, an NYPD spokesperson said.

The unnamed teenager was charged with aggravated harassment, criminal possession of a weapon, and menacing, according to police.

The 13-year-old was with two other unidentified young males, who approached a group of six Jewish boys on Saturday around West 86th Street and West End and said that they "wanted to get them" because they were Jewish, police said.

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