SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A person used to be accused of an antisemitic assault in Sunny Isles Beach and it wasn’t the primary time, so cops arrested him on Saturday.
Mohamed Al Saccal allegedly used a pointy object to frighten Orthodox Jews in the group, police stated. Detectives have been looking for what some sufferers described as a dagger.
“Over the past three days now, we’ve received calls about members of our Jewish community being harassed, tormented,” Sgt. Brain Schnell stated.
A pair reported that they have been strolling alongside Collins Avenue on their technique to a synagogue when Al Saccal centered them.
“He drew a weapon out of his pants, chased them yelling antisemitic sentiments saying, ‘All Jews were the devil’ and ‘All Jews must die,’ Schnell said.
Al Saccal, 39, was at the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department headquarters on Saturday, police said. Detectives were questioning him about similar reports from seven residents.
Authorities’ measures against hate crimes have been getting tested since the Israel-Hamas war started about four months ago. Schnell said Al Sacaal is facing charges of aggravated assault and a prosecutor was investigating if these were to be upgraded to hate crimes.
Al Saccal is a Sunny Isles Beach resident who was born in Jordan, an Arab nation that shares a border with the West Bank. On Jan. 28, an Iran-backed militia’s drone attack killed three U.S. Army reservists and injured over 40 troops at a U.S. base in Jordan, which has a peace treaty with Israel since 1994.
“We are not by any means, going to tolerate any type of crime geared towards hate or a specific group regardless of what’s going on in the world, regardless of what side this person is on,” Schnell stated.
Detectives requested someone with information about this or different circumstances to name Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
Local 10 News Reporter Rosh Lowe contributed to this document.
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