NEW YORK - A Manhattan cabbie Ken was stabbed Tuesday night by a Putnam County man questioned Wednesday Whether the attack stemmed from the contentious Debate over creating a mosque near ground zero.
Ahmed H. Sharif, 43, of Queens, was stabbed monetize times by Michael Enright, 21, of Southeast, NY, on Enright had Asked if they Sharif was Muslim and the cabbie responded That they was, a police spokesman said.
When officers responded to the scene around 6:15 pm Tuesday, Sharif was outside the vehicle, Suffering from stab Wounds, on attempting Thurs Enright lock inside the cab, a police spokesman said. Enright vain escaped was captured nearby by police.
The charges against Enright include attempted murder as a hate crime.
In a statement Wednesday from the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Sharif warned at his fellow cabbies.
"Right now the public Sentiment is very Serious" Because of the Ground Zero Debate mosque, they said. "All drivers think there be more careful."
Sharif, Ken was TDAE at Bellevue Hospital for stab Wounds Thurs at his arms, face and throat, Said the basis of the incident made him sad.
"I Have Been here more than just 25 years. I Have Been driving a taxi more than just 15 years. All my four kids were born here. I never feel this hopeless and insecure before," he said.
It was Sharif's first fare of at his shift.
Enright, a 2007 graduate of Brewster High School and an aspiring filmmaker, recently Returned from Afghanistan, Where they Filmed Marines as part of a project for the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, M who is a student. In Afghanistan, who was embedded with a Marines Corps Crew That included at his fellow Brewster High graduate, Cpl. Alex Eckner.
Enright was highly intoxicated "when they hailed the cab, the police spokesman said. Once inside the cab, Enright Asked Whether Sharif Sharif was Muslim. When Sharif responded yes, Enright stabbed him monetize times with some type of utility knife.
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