The incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. last Tuesday at Zizi in Chelsea. Authorities say the suspect used a sharp object to damage the flag in front of the restaurant before fleeing the scene.
Eyewitness News Police say the suspect used a sharp object to damage the flag before fleeing the scene. Police are searching for the suspect accused of vandalizing an Israeli flag at a restaurant in Manhattan last week.
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating the act of vandalism. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS .Back in May, restaurant co-owner Maor Onono found two swastikas painted over his restaurant's Israeli flag. "I've been here for 20 years and never experienced something like this. Always felt comfortable with being Jewish, Israeli," Onono said.Anthony Carlo has more from Chelsea after a restaurant owner says swastikas were painted over an Israeli flag.Onono also told Eyewitness News that an Israeli flag at another one of his businesses was also tampered with.Pedro Rivera reports on the man who was left behind by an MTA bus after falling out of his wheelchair.
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