Psychiatric Report Finds Antisemitic Monsey Attacker Unfit to Stand Trial
A hearing will be held this month to determine whether the man who stabbed five people, killing one, in an antisemitic attack in Monsey, New York is fit to stand trial.
Grafton Thomas attacked a Hanukkah celebration in 2019 with a machete. He was later found to have antisemitic materials in his home and on his computer.
Though four of the victims survived, 72-year-old Josef Neumann died of his wounds several months later.
Thomas faces federal hate crimes charges, as well as separate state charges, including attempted murder.
New York NBC affiliate Channel 4 reports that Thomas was recently assessed as mentally incompetent to stand trial because he suffers from schizophrenia. The evaluation was made at a federal mental health facility in Missouri, where Thomas is being held.
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