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    Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Appears To Have Been Driven By Anti-Semitism, FBI Says

    Citing journals written by the suspect, Grafton E. Thomas, and his internet search history, the FBI says it appears that he was driven by anti-Semitism.
    by Bobby Allyn Dec 30, 2019 3 minutes

    Updated 1:10 p.m. ET

    Federal prosecutors in New York have filed hate crime charges against the man accused of carrying out a stabbing rampage north of New York City over the weekend that wounded five people as they celebrated Hanukkah.

    According to the FBI, the suspect, Grafton E. Thomas, 37, appears to have been driven by anti-Semitism, citing journals written by Thomas and Internet search history allegedly revealing a pattern of hateful, anti-Semitic leanings.

    Thomas, who is also facing separate attempted murder charges brought

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