The NYPD is looking into whether the stabbing of two men on the Upper West Side on Thursday may have been motivated by hate. Raul Morales allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he attacked the two victims near Central Park, witnesses said. The first victim, a 57-year-old Asian man, was walking near West 84th Street and Central Park West when a man came up from behind him and stabbed him in the back without warning, police said. Minutes later, the suspect stabbed a 50-year-old Jewish man in the chest on the sidewalk just a few blocks away. Both victims were taken to a hospital and were expected to survive. Police are working to determine a motive. There wasn't immediately any known link between Morales and the victims, and the initial investigation suggested that mental health may have been a factor in the attacks, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. #nbc4ny #nyc #zohranmamdani #nypd